We forecast a permanent hit to Singapore’s population after two consecutive years of contraction in which border closures restricted regular inflows...
UK | A stronger base, but growing headwinds
Posted by Andrew Goodwin on Oct 1, 2021
Revisions in Q2’s national accounts showed the economy responding more strongly to exiting lockdown than initially thought. At the same time, the...
India | Why the jump in household savings won’t be permanent
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Sep 24, 2021
Indian households have hoarded savings through the Covid crisis, although to a lesser extent than the rest of the world. Emerging from the pandemic,...
Japan | Why Abenomics failed to reflate household wealth
Posted by Shigeto Nagai on Sep 16, 2021
The latest survey of Japan’s households shows the stark failure of Abenomics to boost household wealth through asset price growth. As the ruling...
APAC | How households unleash their savings is key to growth
Posted by Louis Kuijs on May 26, 2021
A great uncertainty for the growth outlook is the extent to which households will spend the additional savings they’ve accumulated once normal...
Coronavirus Watch: Contrasting retail fortunes | Global
Posted by Oxford Economics on Sep 21, 2020
The latest data show that retail spending growth in the US and UK isslowing but remains a relative bright spot for both economies in contrast to...