Macroeconomics

A country profile is an instant guide to the political, economic, demographic, industrial, and business environment of a market. The report provides a range of quantitative and qualitative information on a variety of national aspects, including geography, economy, education, demography, labour, political climate, infrastructure, industry, tax, trad...

Madhya Pradesh has been a consistently performing state in India in terms of economic growth and is expected to continue to contribute significantly towards the national growth. This study focuses on the potential areas for investments across various sectors in Madhya Pradesh and the state’s ability to support industry growth because of its infra...

While the growth outlook for the Latin American region as a whole does not look bright for 2014, especially for South American countries, countries like Mexico and Colombia are expected to register healthy growth in 2014. While these two are heavily dependent on the United States for their exports demand, a fast recovery of the US economy is likely...

The research service exhibits visionary thinking by identifying and analyzing one of the significant Mega Trends: Future of Infrastructure. "Smart" as a value proposition has been increasingly replacing green concepts, with innumerable smart innovations in the infrastructure space. This study highlights examples of projects, companies, and technolo...

BRICS countries are expected to end 2014 on a low note, owing to various domestic as well as external factors. Weak global recovery is taking a toll on the external demand of these countries, while high consumer prices are likely to hinder strong private consumption growth in the coming quarters. Investors’ sentiments remain uncertain in Q4 2014,...

Increase in public expenditure on infrastructure and spur in investment are expected to be the primary growth drivers of the emerging Asia-Pacific region during H2 2015. Other factors that drive growth include rise in investment, growth in public expenditure, robust infrastructural development, and higher employment. While a positive growth outlook...

The Latin American region as a whole is expected to register a weakened growth rate of 1.3% in 2014. On the external front, weak commodity prices have led to fall in private spending, while on the domestic front, policy uncertainties have lowered confidence levels. However, a 2.2% growth recovery is foreseen in 2015 as policy uncertainties reduce.

The emerging Asia-Pacific region will continue to benefit from weakening oil prices through H1 as most of countries in the region are net oil importers. However, poor economic performance by large Asian economies such as China and Japan is expected to pose headwinds to trade prospects in the emerging Asia-Pacific region. The region is expected to m...

Latin American economies that are tied to the United States for their exports demand are expected to directly benefit from a faster than expected recovery of the US economy in 2014. However, countries such as Chile and most of other Latin American economies are anticipated to be adversely affected by falling raw materials prices and slowing Chinese...