Macroeconomics

27 Oct 2021  |  Asia Pacific

Frost Radar™ for Economic Development: Broader Asia, 2021

Australia, South Korea, and New Zealand Emerge as the Broader Asian Leaders

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The Frost Radar™ for Economic Development determines a region's future growth and development potential measured by its ability to enhance citizen satisfaction of quality of life. This report explores Broader Asia’s strengths and weaknesses through country-level assessments of growth and innovation initiatives and benchmarks each country on the...

The economic growth outlook for Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) countries is set to rebound in 2021 from the deep economic contractions experienced in 2020 on account of COVID-19 led disruptions. The region is still heavily dependent on external demand, be it tourism inflows in the Caribbean or trade in Central America. As global growth ...

Macroeconomic Growth Opportunities in Post-COVID-19 ASEAN covers the positive and negative impacts of the pandemic on the economy of 4 countries—Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by World Health Organization on 11 March, 2020 and is expected to severely impact the global economy. As of early Jun...

As countries are making a conscious shift towards cashless societies, mobile payments are expected to be an alternate digital payments solution for consumers. Majority of the population already has access to internet and mobile phones, therefore mobile payments have the potential to reach people with diverse backgrounds, such as the older generatio...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be defined as machines running cognitive processes that are designed based on human intelligence. AI is one of the foundations for the growing digitization of industries or Industry 4.0 around the world. The application of AI leads to productivity and economic growth, as these technologies are capable of analyzing l...

Economies in Asia-Pacific are likely to experience sluggish growth in 2020 on account of the unexpected ramifications of the COVID-19 outbreak. Regional growth is likely to remain stunted in H1 2020 due to the outbreak, but expected to pick up in H2 2020 as the lockdowns and travel bans are expected to be lifted. Key economies like Australia and ...

19 Dec 2019  |  Asia Pacific

The Application of Blockchain in Southeast Asian Countries, Forecast to 2023

Blockchain Market is Projected to Grow at a CAGR of 81% Globally from 2018 to 2023

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Blockchain, which is a decentralized digital database, supports participants when they confirm their transactions without the need for a central authority to approve/accept the transaction. Although this technology has been recognized mainly by digital currencies such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, it has several other applications in diffe...

This research delves into the macroeconomic outlook for Latin American and Caribbean countries with respect to the political environment, GDP growth, inflation and interest rates, income levels, labor market, and population. The countries analyzed as a part this research include Puerto Rico, Panama, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, the Dom...

China’s swift economic growth and plans such as “Made in China 2025” have raised its competition with the United States. This situation has led to the US-China trade war with the United States imposing trade tariffs on Chinese products and China retaliating by imposing tariffs on US products. The trade war is slowing down the global economic ...