This year has seen a paradigm shift in how major governments view trade. We may well be seeing an end to globalisation: In Europe, the United Kingdom voted to leave the E.U., and Italy may well have a referendum on leaving the euro In the U.S., President-Elect Donald Trump’s 100-day Action Plan will see […]
Chemicals and the Economy
The world in 2020 – an update on our forecasts in ‘Boom, Gloom and the New Normal’
All of us would love to be able to see into the future. And 5 years after the publication of ‘Boom, Gloom and the New Normal: How the Ageing of the Western BabyBoomers is Changing Demand Patterns, Again‘, it seems timely to review its 10 predictions about how the world will look in 2020: […]
Chemical industry flags rising risk of global recession in 2017, with Trump set to “clear the decks” at the start of his first term
The chemical industry is the best leading indicator that we have for the global economy. It has an excellent correlation with IMF data, and also benefits from the fact it has no “political bias”. It simply tells us what is happening in real-time in the world’s 3rd largest industry. Sadly, the news is not good. […]
Jump to page: