Macroeconomics

In Q2 2017, growth in Latin America slowed to 1.9% compared to the growth of 2.2% in Q1 2017, as manufacturing sector shrank by 0.5% and external demand declined. Colombia, Mexico, and Panama’s economic growth declined registering 1.2%, 2.2%, and 5.4% growth, respectively, in Q1 2017. However, Panama continues to remain the fastest growing econom...

Economic growth remained stable in Q3 2017 with the region recording growth of 1.9%. Chile and Colombia registered higher growth compared to Q2 2017, while Mexico and Panama’s growth slowed slightly. Decline in manufacturing and mining sector in Mexico had adversely affected the country’s economy which recorded 1.6% growth in Q3 2017. Mexicoâ€...

Regional economic growth in Latin America is expected to slow-down from 2.2% in 2016 to 2.15 in 2017. The region is expected to start growing strongly from 2018 with an anticipated economic growth of 2.5%. The growth with be supported by the expansion of the Manufacturing sector. Mexico and Panama are projected to register strong growth of manufact...

Digital transformation is not a destination; it is the evolution of business from analog, people-dependent processes to data-enabled processes. Digital transformation begins with collecting telemetric data from sensors, devices, people, infrastructure, and processes (Internet of Things (IoT)) and continues with consolidating telemetric data into la...

How will we define humans in future, and how will this new definition change your business? In this study, we look at the foundations of evolving humans: The augmented body—A review of wearables, implantables, and biological enhancements digs into such future technology as contact lenses that can take videos, universal language translator ear...

This study highlights Guatemala’s macroeconomic prospects by exploring the country’s political outlook, GDP outlook, monetary policy outlook, fiscal outlook, as well as a newly formed Customs Union with Honduras. The country is facing its second political crisis in two years owing to corruption relation charges against President Jimmy Morale...

This in-depth study of 1,934 IT decision makers was designed to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) around the globe and across verticals. More than half of the respondents were C-Level executives. IT solutions covered include Enterprise Mobility Management, eCommerce/mCommerce, Unified Com...

The overall research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) in Finance, Banking, and Insurance, specifically: Enterprise Mobility Management, eCommerce/mCommerce, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC), Infrastructure and Data Centers, Big Data and Analytics’ Omnichanne...

The overall research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) in Latin America, specifically: Enterprise Mobility Management, eCommerce/mCommerce, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC), Infrastructure and Data Centers, Big Data and Analytics’ Omnichannel Marketing, Custo...