Macroeconomics

This Trend Opportunity Profiles Series covers specific opportunities emerging from future trend evolutions designed to help clients discover and prioritize the most consequential medium- to long-term trends transforming their growth environment. These trend opportunity profiles cover 11 key industries, including supply chain and logistics, retail, ...

Developed European nations have had a challenging socioeconomic environment in 2022, especially amidst highly volatile geopolitical tensions and record-high inflationary pressures. Economic growth is likely to remain subdued in 2023 across the whole region as high energy costs weigh on household spending and lower profit margins of businesses, give...

This edition of Trend Opportunity Profiles features trend advancements in Social and economic dimensions. The study examines the following trends: • Reskilling, • Food security • Revenge tourism • The “permacrisis” shaping consumer demand • The shifting social status of women • Content creator marketplaces • The pension...

Marketing is changing rapidly. Customers are no longer driven by advertisements; instead, their purchase decisions are influenced by their favorite content creators. Moreover, owing to the growing time spent online and the increasing amount of content, the creator economy is changing the way marketing is done. In this study, Frost & Sullivan exp...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced changes across the global business landscape, the labor market has transformed drastically and will evolve even more, driven by technological innovation and the risk of recession. These swift changes have boosted demand for gig workers. Frost & Sullivan expects the gig economy to become a workforce mainstay. Th...

This research service provides a snapshot of the Saudi Arabian economy by examining the country’s growth conditions and key policies. Following a steep economic contraction in 2020 on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia recorded a rebound of around 8.7% in 2022. Robust growth in non-oil sectors such as manufacturing, transport, governm...

Following years of subdued growth, the Japanese economy registered a good rebound in 2021, with a real GDP growth of 2.1%. The country’s reopening and the consequent boost to household consumption and consumer spending were key growth drivers of 2022’s estimated 1.1% growth. However, soaring energy and food prices have weighed on Japan’s fisc...

The Frost Radar for Economic Development determines a region's future growth and development potential by measuring its ability to enhance its citizens' quality of life (QOL). This report explores key strengths and weaknesses of the global economy through country-level assessments of growth and innovation initiatives and then benchmarks each countr...

This research service explores the market trends surrounding the growth of zero-latency systems. With an exponential increase in the volume of online activity and the resultant explosion in the amount of data being generated, the speed and reliability of networks have become crucial. This has resulted in an increase in the demand for the developmen...