Macroeconomics

Despite global political uncertainties and a subdued economic outlook, 2019 proves to be promising for the global healthcare industry, supported by growing and more aware middle class, accelerated aging population across the globe seeking personalized medical insurance, and higher R&D budgets across the board. The adoption of digital technologies g...

In the context of a global economic and business environment, emerging markets have increasingly been taking center-stage in the growth strategies of businesses across the globe, with GDP growth rates across emerging markets outpacing that of developed economies. With accelerated middle-class expansion and a large and growing working-age population...

03 Apr 2018  |  Global

Growth, Innovation and Leadership Index for Healthcare Attractiveness (GIL-H Index), 2018

A Data-driven Research-based Country Pipeline System to Gauge Country Competitiveness in Healthcare

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Despite global political uncertainties and a subdued economic outlook, 2018 is expected to be promising for the global healthcare industry, supported by implementation of major health policies and initiatives. However, the global surge in drug prices will compel pharmaceutical and biotech companies to focus more on innovation as well as on a more f...

The past 2 decades have been characterized by a tectonic shift in the global economic and business environment, with emerging markets increasingly finding their way into the growth and expansion plans of businesses across the globe. Gross domestic product (GDP) rates of emerging markets have fast outpaced that of developed economies, with accelera...

Growth forecasts in 2013 were constantly upgraded or downgraded due to the long-lasting effects of debt in Europe, and stronger performances from the United States and the United Kingdom. Emerging global economies were also beginning to feel the effects of the easing of the US monetary policy; this led to volatility in capital markets globally. For...

India’s economic and industrial growth experienced a sharp decline in 2012, owing to the weak global economic scenario since India exports nearly 60% of its goods and services to US, Europe and Japan. Investment demand is expected to respond to a stable monetary policy regime and spur growth and business confidence in 2014. The Twelfth Fiver Year...

The Western European economy is likely to recover at a very slow pace in 2013, as economic uncertainty continues to loom. The Government of France needs to focus on reducing the fiscal deficit, increasing tax on companies, and reducing public spending in Q1 2013. Germany has succeeded in maintaining a positive trade balance and this is expected to ...

The emerging countries of the Latin American region—Chile, Colombia, and Mexico—are likely to experience moderate growth during the first two quarters of 2013. Economic growth would be largely dependent on domestic demand, and increasing infrastructure investment. Growth in exports is expected to be moderate due to slow global recovery in 2013....

Commodity demand in Australia has been badly affected by the weakening growth in China. A reduction in government spending may help register the current account surplus by 2013. In Japan, exports are expected to be low in 2013 due to decrease in demand and the strong yen. Industrial production is likely to slow down further due to border disputes w...