Macroeconomics

The fate of oil-producing economies is contingent on oil production being frozen by Saudi Arabia and Iran. The recent conclusion of the Doha Oil Meet has brought no resolution with Saudi Arabia’s refusal to freeze oil, unless Iran agrees to do the same. Oil exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, and Algeria a...

The MENA investment tracker provides a quarterly snapshot of the investment activity in Middle East and North African region. It analyses investment activity on a quarter-on-quarter basis in terms of the number and value of projects. The data is segmented by different industries, regions, stages of implementation, types of ownership, and types of p...

Scope of the report Report scope: Economic, Fiscal, and Industry Analysis Geographic scope: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Qatar, Saudi Arabia What makes our report unique? This report includes an impact analysis of plunging oil prices on GCC, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular, with coverage on fiscal readjustment strategies and ...

The publication presents a detailed analysis of Reserve Bank of India's Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy along with an outlook for future policy actions.

The publication gives a detailed analysis on the monthly index of industrial production for India along with an outlook.

The report elaborates on the economic goals, levers and challenges of the Indian economy. It analyses the 2016-17 Indian Budget with respect to its key thrust areas, its financials, priority themes, and the outlook by key sectors.

Manufacturing sector is one of the backbone of an economy. Perfromance of the Indian manufacturing sector has been below par. However, the recent initiative like 'Make in India' by the government puts the focus back on manufacturing sector growth. This short note gives an overview about the trends in the Indian Manunfacturing sector with a focus on...

The 2016 economic outlook for the US is stable owing to improved housing and strong domestic demand. Growth in Canada is likely to continue to be poor even in 2016 due to its overdependence on oil and other commodities. The energy renaissance in North America in the form of US shale gas and Canadian oil sands has been setback due to low oil prices....

With improvements in data acquisition and computing power, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more of a reality each day. Companies are constantly developing self-evolving machine learning approaches and hardware enhancements to support AI applications. This study explores new innovations in machine learning and computing that will enable the...