Supply Chain

Economic pressures and rising building costs impacting short-term output.

Identifying the key sectors or drivers of reshoring can help us identify the locations of opportunity, with manufacturers in the same industries tending to cluster in hubs or corridors.

In the US, recent research by Barclays showed that firms were expected to have moved the equivalent of 350,000 jobs back to the US, primarily from Asia in 2022. This compares to 260,000 in 2021 and…

According to the McKinsey Global Institute, 15-25% of global exports could potentially shift to different countries over the next 3-5 years. With global trade worth US$28.5 trillion in 2021 (UNCTAD…

Production bases, freight routes, ports and storage facilities all pose risks to the security of supply chains and investment in these can also boost capacity and resilience.

Extreme weather events and tensions in Taiwan threaten freight shipping routes and are piling further pressure on supply chains.

Inflation and uncertainty pose risks in the market, but resilient supply chains continue to evolve.

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

Leading indicators suggest that housing delivery rates in England have bounced back sharply since plunging in 2020, but how long can the momentum last?

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe