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European steel manufacturers support a total of 2.5 million jobs across the EU, reflecting the substantial value of purchases from suppliers.

The report details the economic impact and community benefits of the data centres that provide the technological infrastructure necessary to power Google’s operations in the United States.

In conjunction with ICBC Standard Bank, Oxford Economics has produced an in-depth quantitative analysis to add to the literature on China’s Belt & Road Initiative to track the evolving scope and discover expanding opportunities.

Blog|23 April 2018

Global growth may be peaking – but a slowdown doesn’t spell a slump

Global growth may be peaking – but a slowdown doesn’t spell a slump

Is the world economy’s current, long-running upturn running out of steam? Jittery financial markets that have struggled to regain a firm footing since February’s sell-off, anxieties over the US-China trade tariffs confrontation, and now a spate of weaker data for some major economies have all sparked concern over whether the global economy’s expansion may be stuttering or at risk.

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The University of Sussex contributes £343 million to the annual GDP of Brighton and Hove, plus East and West Sussex. Together with its students and visitors, the university supports a total of 5,180 jobs across the region. This report outlines how this economic impact is generated by all elements of the university, before exploring the benefits it delivers to both local and national economies––and society as a whole.

In this report for the IFB Research Foundation, Oxford Economics presents the most up-to-date evidence on the family business sector, detailing its key characteristics, recent performances and economic contributions to the UK as a whole. Looking forward, it sheds light on the unique challenges the sector faces, and its plans for future growth.

The rapid rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) demands a new look at security. With network vulnerabilities and the potential for industrial process interruption, companies need to develop new strategies to mitigate and manage cyber-risks.

In 2017, an estimated 5.5 million international visitors arrived in the UK via Gatwick, spending £3.9 billion in the visitor economy on hotel stays, restaurant meals, retail purchases, and leisure and cultural attractions. The demand facilitated by Gatwick Airport boosted UK GDP by some £4.7 billion, supported 93,300 jobs and generated £1.2 billion in tax revenues.

This major Oxford Economics study for the Railway Industry Association investigates the support provided to UK GDP, jobs, and taxes by the country’s rail-related industries. Activity across the UK’s rail-related industries supports nearly 600,000 jobs through a range of expenditure channels.

Over the next decade, a great wave of technological change will wash through the economy, transforming the nature of work and the shape of the labour market. We collaborated with Cisco to study the implications of these trends on jobs over the next decade. Our results are based on a brand-new, multi-layered modelling framework, that enables us to simulate the real-world dynamics of technological change and its interaction with the world of work.

Ungated Post|22 February 2018

China’s consumers shake the (retail) world

China’s consumers shake the (retail) world

Chinese consumer market to overtake America’s by 2034. “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” The cautionary words of Napoleon have echoed ever more powerfully as China’s economic and political power has burgeoned over recent decades.

And with the seismic impact of the world’s most populous nation set to resonate ever more strongly than ever in coming years, in few areas of life will those reverberations be felt more than in the rise of China’s consumers as a global force.

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Ungated Post|13 February 2018

Buy the dip! Market bulls to get a last hurrah as bears sleep on

Buy the dip! Market bulls to get a last hurrah as bears sleep on

As winter turns to spring, around the world investors are anxiously watching the present spasm in global equities and bonds and asking themselves whether the bears of the financial markets are finally waking from a long hibernation.

We think not. To us, a correction of the sort seen in recent days was overdue and a jump in volatility along with this sort of adjustment in equity valuations was just a matter of time. The pretext and triggers were, and remain, less important – stretched valuations in equities often find their own triggers for such an upset.

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Museums play an essential role in cultural and social life across the US. They tell our stories, preserve our heritage, interpret the past, and explore the future. In this way, museums enrich our lives daily: feeding a hunger for knowledge and igniti

Can we bank on the digital economy as a growth certainty? Or is there a risk that a deterioration in trust and a lack of inclusivity in its rewards will derail its progress? 

Oxford Economics teamed up with the Dentsu Aegis Network to produce The

The IBM Institute for Business Value engaged Oxford Economics to reach out to nearly 1,300 Indian executives as part of a global survey of 2,151 business leaders focussing on the emergence of global ecosystems.

Our survey confirmed the significant

The IBM Institute for Business Value engaged Oxford Economics to survey Indian executives, including about 600 startup entrepreneurs, 100 venture capitalists, 100 government leaders, 500 leaders of established companies, and 22 leaders in higher educ

The IBM Institute for Business Value engaged Oxford Economics to survey more than 5,600 global executives in 18 industries and 48 countries to gauge their current skills challenges and assess future needs.

Our survey respondents confirmed the mass

Ungated Post|8 February 2018

Business optimism over global outlook strongest for two years – OE survey

Business optimism over global outlook strongest for two years – OE survey

Companies’ spirits boosted by buoyant world trade and US fiscal stimulus measures as fears over North Korea tensions and China slowdown retreat.

Businesses are increasingly positive about prospects for the world economy, with optimism over the global outlook at its strongest for two years, according to Oxford Economics’ latest survey of global risk perceptions among clients and business contacts, including some of the world’s largest companies.

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Are you ready to compete as intelligent technology meets human ingenuity to create the future workforce?

Oxford Economics worked with Accenture to field a survey of more than 1,200 CEOs and top executives working with AI. The research covere

BP has an important impact on EU27* countries’ economies. Oxford Economics estimates that BP’s direct expenditure on activities like exploration, refining, marketing, and running petrol stations–as well as the company’s purchases of inputs of goods