Singapore Business Awards 2021
We’re delighted that Oxford Economics has been announced as the Best Global Economic Forecasting Specialists 2021 for Asia Pacific & Middle East in the latest Singapore Business Awards.
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The latest economic impact report by Oxford Economics for Funding Circle.
A survey of 750 executives in 13 countries to determine business leaders’ climate change concerns during the current health and economic crisis.
According to a new report by Oxford Economics, Funding Circle’s loans under management to SMEs at the end of last year made a total annual contribution of more than £7 billion to the UK economy.
According to a new report by Oxford Economics, Funding Circle’s loans under management to SMEs at the end of last year made a total annual contribution of more than £7 billion to the UK economy.
China’s opportunity to show climate leadership in 2021
Tom Rogers
Associate Director, Capital Projects and Assets Consulting
Few policy issues are attracting more attention than how to leverage the post-COVID recovery to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Europe’s Green Deal aims to mobilise €1trn in sustainable investment over the coming decade, President Biden campaigned on a promise to unleash $2trn in clean investment in the US over his first term, and Japan’s ruling party has urged its leadership to follow suit with a fund “comparable to global standards” to help finance Japan’s low-carbon transition.
The world is not flat
Economic growth and urbanisation have always gone hand in hand. It was true in Ancient China and in the Roman Empire, in England during the Industrial Revolution, and now in Africa and Asia. But is it really an iron law of economics or of history? And do such laws survive when faced with the grim realities of coronavirus? There are many media reports that residents of the world’s great cities are moving to smaller cities, to towns, or even to the countryside, to escape from congestion, and from the consequent health risks that the big cities supposedly pose. A major study of London has suggested that 700,000 people moved away from the UK capital in 2020.
EY and Oxford Economics surveyed 1,050 CFOs or their equivalents to better understand how businesses are addressing market changes – and how they should adapt their capital allocation strategies.
How Australia is building its recovery
Australia’s moniker as the lucky country, as mentioned in a previous blog post, has held through the pandemic and is now translating into an economic recovery. Its federal and state governments have gone hammer and nail on funding public infrastructure in response to the pandemic and related economic downturn, and this approach may offer important practices for other countries to follow as they begin to recover from COVID-19.
A new report by Oxford Economics for Snap Inc. shows how members of Generation Z are poised to play a major role in the economy and labour market over the coming decade across six leading markets: Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US.
The pandemic is accelerating the rise of the robots and changing work forever
Matthew Tinsley
Lead Economist, Economics & Sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of work dramatically over the last 12 months. Practices that would have seemed unthinkable just a year ago are increasingly commonplace, like the South Korean hospitals that have robots disinfecting surfaces and enforcing social distancing rules. Whilst many of the direct implications of the pandemic are likely to fade once it passes, one of its most significant legacies might end up being how much it accelerates other trends, in particular the rise of robotics and automation.
Video: COVID-19 hit many Australians hard, but there were winners in the pandemic economy
The pandemic has resulted in higher savings for some and shifted consumer spending patterns, literally towards homes – see BIS Oxford Economics Chief Economist Sarah Hunter discuss these trends here.
Will overtourism be a problem again?
Growing year-on-year for the past decade, increasing global tourism activity has contributed significantly to economic growth and development, accounting for 10% of global GDP in 2019. This can only be a good thing, right?
For the most part, yes. But in the years before the pandemic, some popular destinations began experiencing overtourism. By ranking the top cities of the Tourism Economics’ Global City Travel service, we see that some of the most visited—such as Dubrovnik, Amsterdam and Venice—are some of the most affected by this phenomenon. The pandemic has temporarily put a pause on travel, but when it inevitably recovers, will overtourism return as well?
Five reasons remote work is harder than you think
Graeme Harrison
Director of EMEA, Macro Consulting
Widespread adoption of remote work is expected to be a lasting legacy of the pandemic. But this huge shift in where and how people do their jobs is going to be more challenging—and costly—than many executives may expect.
The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 2021
We’re delighted that Oxford Economics has been included in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 for 2021.
A white paper collaboration between Oxford Economics and Cognizant on the trends affecting the future of work, with the focus guided by the digital impact.
The chemicals and petroleum industry has long used M&A as a critical strategy.
Warranty data can be a valuable resource for automotive companies if they collect it, integrate it with other quality-related data, and analyze it with AI.
Security experts should be embedded in the corporate M&A process and play a key role in all its phases.
Without effective security, IIoT benefits may come at a high cost for travel companies.
