About the Global Scenarios Service
Our Global Scenarios Service explores the implications of key risks to the world economy, enabling better decision-making.
Five year forecasts and scenarios
Coverage of 85 individual economies, including advanced economies and key emerging markets, as well as the Eurozone and regional aggregates.
Complete datasets
Access to a databank that allows users to quickly build queries with complete flexibility and view the data in tables, charts, and maps.
Full analysis
Reports that describe the baseline forecast and how each scenario develops, together with dashboards to help visualise the headline results.
Broad coverage
Forecasts cover key macro and financial variables, including output, spending, employment, inflation, interest rates, balance of payments, and government finances.About the service
Each quarter our economists survey clients for input on the scenarios that we should develop and analyse their impact on our baseline forecasts.
What clients receive
Clients receive a report describing the features of the baseline forecast and of each of the five-year scenarios, with headline results and access to complete data sets.
Frequent updates
Series covered
- GDP
- Consumption
- Investment
- Unemployment rate (%)
- Employment
- CPI
- Short-term interest rates (%)
- Current account (% of GDP)
- Government budget balance (% of GDP)
- Long-term interest rates (%)
- Exchange rates for the US dollar, sterling and the euro
- Stock market indices
Global Scenarios Service
Quarterly updated macro scenarios for the global economy
Resources and events
Economic growth
Russia – CBR’s huge rate hike unlikely to restore financial stability
Financial markets
China’s renminbi (CNY) will benefit from its safe haven status
Economic growth
Russian invasion dents near-term UK growth outlook
Economic growth
BBC News: The global debt crisis
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Russia invades Ukraine, damaging the global economy
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