In the next two decades, the world’s 900 major cities will experience a combined population increase of nearly 600 million people. While the largest...
Global | Key Themes for Cities in 2022
Posted by Richard Holt on Jan 24, 2022
Against a helpful macroeconomic background, albeit with risks, city economies will continue to recover in 2022. GDP growth will mostly be slower than...
Global Cities | Will any cities challenge the traditional business capitals by 2040?
Posted by Lawrence Harper-Scott on Dec 20, 2021
Finance and business services is expected to drive growth in global economic activity and employment over the next 20 years. By 2040, there will be...
Global | US tech cities compete with Chinese rivals for top spot
Posted by Richard Holt on Oct 27, 2021
We forecast that over the period 2020-22 Shenzhen will be the fastest growing of the world’s major cities, not only in terms of GDP growth, but also...
Global | A framework for evaluating EM currencies’ fair value
Posted by Felipe Camargo on Aug 27, 2021
In our recent extended panel assessment on EM FX, we found most currencies have yet to recover ‘fair value’ after the March 2020 overshooting event....
Are demographics a big problem for Asia-Pacific cities?
Posted by Richard Holt on Mar 11, 2021
Asian city economies were slowing down, even before Covid. While declines in working age populations will affect long term economic growth rates for...