Kimberly Cabello
This study provides rigorous analysis to inform policymakers on the potential impact of an escalation in US-China tariffs. We examine how removing China’s Permanent Normalized Trade Relations (PNTR) status would affect the US economy, finding that tariffs would cause substantial output and job losses.
The work-from-home movement has proven it has staying power. As a main driver of the structural shift in the office sector, the disruption from increased work from home is having a lasting impact on office performance. Office net operating income yields will expand significantly this year and we project office capital values will fall by 16.4% in 2023 and by 2.1% in 2024.
Customers around the world are looking for speed, security, and personalization when interacting with brands, and executives across industries will need to adapt to these expectations quickly to stay ahead of their competition. Our 2023 State of Digital Customer Experience report, developed in collaboration with Adobe, examines how businesses can leverage technologies like generative AI to improve their customer experience strategies.
The International Franchise Association (IFA) commissioned Oxford Economics to assess the potential impacts of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s proposed revisions to the joint employer rule on franchising. Oxford Economics found that potential consequences include increased business model uncertainty, increased costs, and decreased access to small business ownership through franchising.
In 2022, production of Season Two of “The White Lotus” resulted in total spending in Italy of over €32 million. Oxford Economics calculates that this spending stimulated over €38 million in contribution to Italy’s GDP in 2022 while supporting approximately 1,900 full time and part time jobs across the country.
Digital transformation and accelerated migration to the cloud over the last three years helped keep businesses up and running—even thriving—but these trends also added unprecedented complexity to computing environments. Executives are implementing observability practices to not only overcome that complexity but to gain insights that help their organizations operate efficiently and expand revenue streams.