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We empower the world’s leading organisations to
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Gain insight into economic, policy and geopolitical developments
Plan effectively
Get reliable future macro-events predictions
Examine risk
Explore potential challenges to your business objectives
Explore new markets
Create market-entry strategies that grow your business
Commodities outlook 2024
After three years of extreme volatility, commodities prices are set to broadly stabilise in 2024. However, adverse weather conditions, escalating geopolitical tensions and soaring shipping costs are among the risks to watch.
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Informing clients with critical guidance
Expert analysis at the intersection of economics and politics
Our integrated approach to macroeconomic analysis ensures that you can evaluate how any changes will impact your strategic plans, business operations or investment decisions. This expertise provides country specific short, medium and long-term forecasts covering economic growth, trade, politics, commodities and exchange rates, as well as proprietary ratings on the business environment and regulatory analysis in the key markets for doing business.
Intelligence you can trust
Our success is built on high-quality, unbiased and independent research. The analysis, data and forecasts from our 700 country experts are rigorously tested and peer-reviewed. This is why we are trusted by the world’s leading organisations to help them seize opportunities and mitigate risk.
Strategic insight, tailored to your sector
Financial services
Manage risk and make informed decisions through access to our financial risk ratings and market-leading macroeconomic and geopolitical analysis.
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Government institutions
Explore international business opportunities, support domestic growth and direct foreign policy by exploring the economic, political and policy conditions in nearly 200 countries.
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Corporates
Identify new markets and mitigate risks to existing activity through our operational risk ratings, business environment rankings and industry forecasts.
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Academic institutions
Empower students to understand events and trends that are reshaping our world with access to our world-class country data, forecasts and analysis.
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Solutions we offer
Country Analysis
Bringing together award-winning analysis, insight and data into one integrated solution, Country Analysis provides you with precision tools to seize opportunities and weigh risks effectively across nearly 200 countries.
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Operational Risk
Identify, compare and mitigate the operational threats to your organisation with our risk ratings, tracker and scenario watchlist, available for 180 countries.
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Financial Risk
Our market-leading data and country expertise combined in a rigorous modelling framework, enabling businesses to monitor sovereign, currency and banking sector risks in 131 markets.
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Speaker Bureau
Empower decision-making and inspire action with a speaking engagement from one of EIU’s subject-matter experts, available for events, boardroom briefings and executive development.
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Why EIU?
Depth of coverage
EIU has one of the largest and most experienced analyst teams in the world, with over 190 full-time country experts, industry analysts and economists.
Expertise
A proven methodology, the best analytical minds and decades of experience enable us to forecast with precision.
Independence
Editorial independence lies at the heart of The EIU, ensuring that all of our products and services are impartial and unbiased.
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