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In the next two decades, the world’s 900 major cities will experience a combined population increase of nearly 600 million...
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Research Briefing
In the next two decades, the world’s 900 major cities will experience a combined population increase of nearly 600 million...
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Against a helpful macroeconomic background city economies will continue to recover in 2022.
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Though the scale of December’s fall in retail sales came as a nasty surprise, it was not simply an Omicron...
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Our updated Housing Affordability Indices (HAIs) show affordability declined in Q3 2021 at the national level in the US and...
With eurozone inflation confirmed at a record-high of 5.0% y/y in December, the debate over how long upward price pressures...
The release of the ECB December meeting minutes confirmed that inflation remained at the forefront of the Governing Council’s discussions...
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Ukraine’s sovereign Eurobond yields soared since mid-November when US sources first reported a build-up of Russian troops along its eastern...
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The US Recovery Tracker fell 0.7ppts to 97.1 in the first week of January, down for a fourth straight week....
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After emerging as an outperformer in early 2021, the Central and Eastern European region is set to face an eventful...
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After expanding strongly in Q2, global GDP growth slowed in Q3 in response to the Delta disruption and ongoing supply...
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Our new index of European real estate obsolescence finds that the Nordic countries have the lowest risk of obsolescence and...
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We’ve lowered our 2022 Danish GDP forecast 0.1ppt to 3%, with the Omicron variant expected to slow activity in Q1....
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Egypt has become a bit too reliant on portfolio inflows to keep its external position afloat. This is a vulnerable...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left monetary policy unchanged at today’s meeting, maintaining current short- and long-term interest rates. Commodity...
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We have kept our growth forecast for this year unchanged at 3.2%, as we expect the impact of the Omicron...
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The pandemic has tested the adaptability and resilience of transport and logistics companies. With consumers focusing their spending on goods...
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Much has been written about the rebound in US retail fundamentals with some real estate commentators suggesting that the strengthening...
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A strong outturn for November took the output measure of GDP above its pre-pandemic peak. Given GDP is likely to...
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Strong industrial production numbers for November offer some hope that the worst is over, supporting our view of a gradual...
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Our forecast for Finland’s GDP growth is 2.3% this year and 1.5% in 2023, both unchanged from last month. Despite...