Research Briefing
Our US Recovery Tracker started June with a bang, rising a strong 1.2ppts to 96.1 in the week ended June...
Research Briefing
Our US Recovery Tracker started June with a bang, rising a strong 1.2ppts to 96.1 in the week ended June...
Research Briefing
The US economy is unlikely to experience an inflation regime shift. But after a decade of glacial price rises in...
Research Briefing
Talk of US labor shortages is everywhere. But rather than a shortage, we see a transitory mismatch between the supply...
Research Briefing
With the spread of Covid-19 in the US slowing considerably and vaccinations continuing at a healthy pace, consumers are gradually...
Research Briefing
We now expect the scarring effect from the pandemic on the supply-side of the UK’s economy to be much more...
There has been much discussion around the world about how the Covid pandemic is disproportionately impacting women in the labour...
Research Briefing
Our US Recovery Tracker finished May on a high note, rising 1.5ppts to 94.6 in the week ended May 28....
Research Briefing
London’s business activity continued to improve in April, according to the IHS Markit Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), and business confidence...
Consulting Report
This study examines some of the more recent job creation initiatives across the African continent, with the aim of identifying...
Research Briefing
Academic work has established that a mature workforce (one in which the 40-49-year-old cohort is large) has a positive impact...
Research Briefing
The US Recovery Tracker rose 0.4ppts to 92.1 in the week ended May 14, pointing to solid momentum ahead of...
Research Briefing
A great uncertainty for the growth outlook is the extent to which households will spend the additional savings they’ve accumulated...
Research Briefing
We expect a mix of cyclical and structural factors will power above-trend productivity growth in the US in the post-Covid...
Research Briefing
The US Recovery Tracker fell 0.5ppts to 91.1 in the week ending May 7, the second decline in three weeks....
Research Briefing
The US Recovery Tracker rose 0.2ppts to 91.1 in the week ending April 30, recouping its losses from the week...
Research Briefing
Our Oxford Economics Normality Tracker shows that London’s return to “normality” may have slowed recently. But we nevertheless forecast that...
Research Briefing
BIS Oxford Economics was commissioned by Civil Contractors Federation National to provide a study detailing how civil construction investment can...
Research Briefing
Finland is keeping tight control over the coronavirus outbreak. New infections are falling steadily, over 40% of the adult population...
Research Briefing
The Canada Recovery Tracker (CRT) fell 0.6ppts to 85.6 in the week ended April 23, its fifth consecutive decline, but...
Research Briefing
At May’s MPC meeting the committee revised up its forecast for GDP growth in 2021 significantly and laid out its...