Over the past twenty years parts of Asia Pacific have experienced some of the fastest economic growth globally. This trend is set to continue over...
Canada | Vaccines offer hope of return to pre-Covid-19 activity by end-2021
Posted by Stephen Adams on Mar 31, 2021
Despite a partial recovery in H2 2020, Canada’s GDP contracted by 5.4% last year with a secondary wave of COVID-19 infections slowing growth. All...
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 contracted...
An accelerated vaccine roll-out has raised optimism that social distancing measures will be relaxed in the coming months. The stimulus from the...
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 2022,...
Global | Ten long-term themes for the global economy and markets
Posted by Gabriel Sterne on Mar 26, 2021
Following the terrible disappointment of the last decade, the era of lows – low GDP growth, inflation, real interest rates, asset returns, and...
Cities Key Themes 2021
Posted by Richard Holt on Jan 18, 2021
In 2021 the competitiveness and resilience of cities will be more important than ever before. Some issues are very specific, such as the impact of...
Australia Key Themes 2021: Mixed recovery from COVID recession
Posted by Sarah Hunter on Dec 17, 2020
After an unprecedented year the economic recovery is underway. Thus far fiscal policy has done much of the heavy lifting, and government spending on...
Global | Key themes 2021: Global Travel & Tourism Trends
Posted by Adam Sacks on Dec 14, 2020
2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for the Travel & Tourism industry, with the coronavirus outbreak reaching all countries and causing...
Eurozone Key Themes 2021: The light after the storm
Posted by Angel Talavera on Dec 14, 2020
The eurozone economy has been one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but we expect the 2021 rebound to be the strongest in its history....