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

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

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…

There are a variety of different supply chain and distribution models that firms can adopt.

A survey by Make UK found that 42% of British manufacturing firms had increased their domestic supplier base in the last 24 months (up to the date of the study in early 2022). A similar proportion…

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.