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Bahrain locked down again on 27th May after a surge in new Covid-19 cases, despite having one of the world's...
Research Briefing
Bahrain locked down again on 27th May after a surge in new Covid-19 cases, despite having one of the world's...
In his recent blog post, Ahmed Esam discusses the challenges the GCC region faces as it aims to transition away...
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London’s business activity continued to improve in April, according to the IHS Markit Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), and business confidence...
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May’s PMIs delivered a set of record, or near-record, high readings. Whileactivity may not be quite as heated as the...
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Oil producers in the OPEC+ alliance agreed on Tuesday to stick to the gradual easing of supply curbs through July,...
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Current climate action pledges won’t contain global warming to well below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement. If decisive...
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Though the budget deficit remains very high, monthly borrowing totals haveconsistently undershot the OBR’s forecasts. We expect this to continue...
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We expect a mix of cyclical and structural factors will power above-trend productivity growth in the US in the post-Covid...
In his recent blog post, James Nixon argued that the exit from the current round of pandemic-driven QE may be...
In a recent blog post, Will over-tourism be a problem again?, Eva McGrath-Olivan noted that while the increasing scale of...
There has been extensive debate about the future of work after the coronavirus pandemic. At the heart of this is...
The health crisis has wreaked havoc on global supply chains. Lockdowns, restrictions on movement and quarantine regulations have disrupted conventional...
In a recent blog post we highlighted the role that public infrastructure investment can play in leading and sustaining economic...
The financial market volatility that has already marked the early stages of the COVID-19 economic recovery underscores how much the...
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In line with trends seen across the GCC, the twin shock of the coronaviruspandemic and low oil prices has put...
The coronavirus pandemic has realigned home and work life across the world. Lockdowns have forced many employers and their workers...
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An array of metrics points to improved global prospects, based on our latestreview of alternative gauges of economic risk. All...
The latest economic impact report by Oxford Economics for Funding Circle.
Few policy issues are attracting more attention than how to leverage the post-COVID recovery to accelerate the transition to a...
Economic growth and urbanisation have always gone hand in hand. It was true in Ancient China and in the Roman...