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As expected, the Bank of Canada (BoC) held the target for the overnight rate steady at 4.5% in April and...
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As expected, the Bank of Canada (BoC) held the target for the overnight rate steady at 4.5% in April and...
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Austin's large and expanding tech sector will escape many of the recessionary forces in the second half of 2023.
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With healthy in-migration and a burgeoning tech sector, Salt Lake City was one of the first metros to recover from...
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Houston's economy will benefit from in-migration in 2023 and see moderate growth in a broad range of industries, but its...
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The IMF's forecast still looks too optimistic over the next 2 years in our view. The impact of bank funding...
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The sharp fall in our US business cycle indicator in February signalled the economy lost momentum midway through Q1.
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Many factors, ranging from demographics to broader economic growth to government spending priorities, have large impacts on construction activity. But...
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The IPCC's synthesis report updates the latest science on climate change. The message is familiar: unless emissions are cut rapidly...
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Cities with the most favourable demographics and with strength in the consumer- and office-based sectors are set to power China's...
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Toronto and Montreal drove a strong uplift in Canadian employment in Q1. However, small losses are expected through the rest...
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Employment growth is likely to slow across Asia Pacific cities in 2023, due to faltering effects of post Covid-19 recoveries...
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Once pent-up demand from post-lockdown fades, we think that Asian economies will settle at lower GDP growth and higher inflation than our pre-pandemic forecasts. This means nominal interest rates are also likely to stay high in 2023-2024.
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Concerns are growing that tightening financial conditions will push the US economy into recession and affect other G7 economies as...
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The top 50 metros are expected to see a net gain in jobs on an annual basis in 2023, but...
The Global Climate Service quantifies the macroeconomic impacts of five climate scenarios against a stated policies baseline. These scenarios help...
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The Czech National Bank again kept the policy rate unchanged at 7% for a sixth consecutive time at the meeting today. This was...
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We do not expect French pension reform protests to have a lasting impact on the economy, as the likely small...
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Shortages have supported a wave of inventory rebuilding in the US this past year. But with inventories now above normal...
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Supply chain stress continued to ease in February despite stronger-than-expected economic growth. Supply chains could return to pre-pandemic conditions by...
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In a Net Zero climate mitigation scenario, we find that $570bn will be wiped off the global chemicals market by...