The global travel recovery has remained elusive so far. Vaccination is underway in 150 countries and will play a vital role in the easing of...
Australia | Smooth labour matching the key to recovery from here
Posted by Tyson Goddard on Apr 13, 2021
The labour market recovery has outpaced expectations since the initial COVID19 shock. While the removal of JobKeeper is likely to stall the...
India | More resilient, but not immune to the second wave
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Apr 9, 2021
The coronavirus resurgence in India is raising concerns that the recovery could be derailed. With state governments reluctant to reintroduce...
Australia | Recovery tracker edges up to pre-COVID level
Posted by Thomas Rudgley on Apr 8, 2021
Our recovery tracker indicator has continued to improve through 2021 after a seasonal dip in January. The tracker has reached its pre-pandemic...
US | Recovery Tracker up again as momentum builds
Posted by Gregory Daco on Apr 2, 2021
The US Recovery Tracker rose 1.1ppts to 87 in the week ended March 19 on broad-based gains across five of the tracker’s six categories. The...
APAC | Cities Outlook: Expect a broad return to growth
Posted by Scott McEwan on Mar 31, 2021
After an extraordinary downturn across Asian city economies in 2020 we expect a broad return to growth in 2021. But while many cities that...
An accelerated vaccine roll-out has raised optimism that social distancing measures will be relaxed in the coming months. The stimulus from the...
Eurozone | Consumers are raring to spend
Posted by Tomas Dvorak on Mar 31, 2021
According to our analysis, eurozone consumers are raring to get spending as soon as restrictions are eased. Our modelling, based on a range of...
European Cities Outlook: Only seven major cities return to pre-Covid GDP levels in 2021
Posted by Richard Holt on Mar 31, 2021
We forecast that seven out of Europe’s top 30 cities will see their GDP return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021. The rest will have to wait until...
United Kingdom | Vaccine raises growth hopes, but industrial activity to be buffeted by Brexit
Posted by Jeremy Leonard on Mar 30, 2021
Our latest UK sector forecasts show that we expect services will outpace industrial production this year, in contrast to the sector dynamics other...