Global economic trends

World Trade Recovery strengthens in Q1-21

Published by Marzia Moccia. May 12, 2021 .

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World trade opens 2021 with a 6% y-o-y growth in quantity and a 3% increase over the Q1-2019 [ Read all ]

Wolrd Trade of Fashion Products: signs of Recovery in the First Quarter

Published by Marcello Antonioni. May 12, 2021 .

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Current levels are still almost 11 percentage points lower than the corresponding 2019 period [ Read all ]

The Preference for Variety in World Trade of Fashion Goods

Published by Gloria Zambelli. May 5, 2021 .

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An overview of the relevance of global demand for differentiated goods with a focus on the fashion industry. Significant boost of the cluster after the Great Recession [ Read all ]

World Economic Outlook April 2021: economic recovery improves

Published by Marzia Moccia. April 28, 2021 .

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In 2021 the recovery to pre-pandemic GDP levels is strongly driven by the US and China; more gradual upturn for major European markets [ Read all ]

EU Exports of Machinery: signs of recovery in the 1st quarter 2021, but still below pre-crisis levels on average

Published by Marcello Antonioni. April 27, 2021 .

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Within the industry, there are sectors that are struggling and others that have already significantly recovered from 2019 levels [ Read all ]

Post-pandemic economic conjuncture: outlook for international trade

Published by Gloria Zambelli. April 21, 2021 .

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The sanitary crisis could accelerate or scale down processes already underway, painting new scenarios. The case of differentiated goods [ Read all ]

The US-EU Truce and Competitive Balances

Published by Marzia Moccia. March 17, 2021 .

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Changing competitive equlibriums in the US market for wines and oil [ Read all ]

2020: a bad year for global tourism

Published by Lorenzo Fontanelli. March 9, 2021 .

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Balance of payments' data is key to quantifying drop in tourism services along 2020 [ Read all ]

International Trade by Sectors: 2020 Figures

Published by Marzia Moccia. Feb. 24, 2021 .

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World trade ends 2020 with a single-digit decrease and a rather differentiated situation among sectors [ Read all ]

World trade Figures: the performance of major importers in 2020

Published by Marzia Moccia. Feb. 17, 2021 .

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A picture of relatively generalised declines, albeit of very different degrees for different world destination markets [ Read all ]