Recession, recovery and a return to normal? The outlook for key cities in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America
This round-up of forecasts and analysis from Oxford Economics’ various city services will summarise what recent evidence implies for short and medium-term prospects. When will we get back to normal? What does normal now mean?
We will be repeating the same webinar to cater for the difference in time zones between APAC, EMEA and the Americas:
- APAC – Thursday 14th October | 10:00 HKT
- EMEA – Thursday 14th October | 10:00 BST
- Americas – Thursday 14th October | 16:00 EDT

Anthony Light
Director of Cities

Anthony Light
Director of Cities
Anthony Light | Director of Cities
Anthony specialises in sub-national economic forecasting and analysis and is responsible for overseeing our suite of global city forecasting services and city consultancy projects. Anthony has worked extensively with a broad range of clients across both the public and private sectors, especially the real estate industry. He has led a number of major consultancy projects, with recent examples including providing location advice to property companies wishing to invest in European markets, an assessment of the impact of the recession on major global cities, and numerous city benchmarking studies.

Richard Holt
Head of Global Cities Research

Richard Holt
Head of Global Cities Research
Richard Holt | Head of Global Cities Research
Richard is Head of Global Cities Research, with responsibility for developing Oxford Economics’ in-depth knowledge of city and regional economies, globally. Richard contributes to both our regular city forecast services and to our consultancy offer, leading major assignments for private and public sector clients. Richard has worked as an economist in London, Birmingham and New York, for the Confederation of British Industry, in the City of London for Scrimgeour Kemp-Gee, for Experian and for Capital Economics.
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