Feb 13, 2025

2024 was a reality check for the global automotive market and 2025 does not look much better. After recording almost +10% growth in 2023, the automative sector saw a modest +1.7% increase of new registrations in 2024, hit by lower demand; higher rates, which translated into higher loan costs coupled with tighter lending conditions, and a line-up from some carmakers that failed to match consumer expectations while legacy auto makers announced hundreds of new models over 2023-2024.

Feb 06, 2025

The Art of the Deal, how the world should respond to the US tariff threats

Feb 03, 2025

Country risk improvements seen in 2023-2024 may be rapidly reversed. Over the past year, we upgraded 48 countries and territories, while downgrades were limited to five, mostly in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Israel and Kuwait.

Jan 31, 2025

The EU Competitiveness Compass, Eurozone back to stagnation and DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough

Jan 30, 2025

The unweighted overall score for all pension systems analyzed is 3.7, signaling continued high pressure to reform. Compared to our last report from 2023, there has been some movements – but not always in the right direction.

Jan 23, 2025

The playbook of Trumponomics; diverging central banks and China’s slippery trade surplus in the year of the snake