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The outlook for the Central America and Caribbean economies is expected to stay bleak in 2020, registering technical recession in Q2–Q3 of 2020 and a full year recession for 2021. Local and global containment measures, along with the economies’ large dependence on tourism and remittances particularly coming from the United States, have led to a mas...

Along with healthcare, retail was one of the industries most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced rapid change and innovation because retail goods and services are often necessities in peoples lives, not nice-to-haves as seen in the travel and hospitality sectors, for example. In some of these verticals, customers slowed down or stopped...

Economies of the Middle Eastern countries will remain modest due to higher oil exporting revenue being moderately offset by recession in Iran. Higher oil prices are expected to drive oil and gas and hydrocarbon sector in the region, with Saudi Arabia leading the pack in 2019. OPEC oil production dipped in November 2018 due to fall in Iranian produc...

What lies ahead for the world economy in 2019? How will events such as Brexit and trade wars shape the growth outlook of major economies? The Global Economic Outlook, 2019 study has been designed to answer this question and more by providing a concise summary of key global and regional economic developments and forecasts. The Global Economic Outloo...

The global economy witnessed a lot of turbulence in 2019, with intensified trade wars and Brexit delays influencing the growth story tremendously. Should businesses expect more volatility in 2020 or are global economic prospects looking up? This 2020 Global Economic Outlook research has been designed to answer this question and more by providing in...

The GCC has entered a period of strategic economic transformation as governments accelerate diversification efforts, strengthen economic resilience, and reduce dependence on hydrocarbon revenue amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty and evolving global trade dynamics. While the implications of the US-Iran conflict and periodic closures of the Str...

The Quarterly India Macro-economic Summary analyses the key factors impacting the economic growth of the country. The publication also contains an in-depth analysis on inflation, monetary policy, industrial growth, fiscal and current account deficit, foreign investments, banking, and foreign exchange reserves.

The Americas are expected to record tepid growth in 2020, higher than that of 2019. Advanced economies such as the US and Canada are likely to witness an economic rebound in 2020. Other smaller economies like Panama and Chile are poised to grow as well. However, Argentina’s growth is likely to remain contracted on account of currency deterioration ...

The economies of Europe and Africa are critically evaluated in a regional briefing. The uncertainty of the European recession and growth opportunities in the European and African regions are discussed. Specific attention is paid to the implications of new energy reforms in Europe on economic growth.