Global economic trends

World Trade: the Most Exposed Industries to Covid-19 Negative Effects

Published by Marzia Moccia. June 24, 2020 .

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In the most critical phase, purchasing behaviour was mainly directed towards food products and healthcare equipment, damaging consumer discretionary and durable goods [ Read all ]

2020-Q1: World Trade in the Covid-19 era

Published by Luigi Bidoia. June 17, 2020 .

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Only actual data will allow to overcome the high uncertainty on the international trade dynamics in 2020 [ Read all ]

Home Furnishing: World Trade and Major Competitors in Q1-2020

Published by Marcello Antonioni. June 5, 2020 .

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In Q1-2020 significant growths of Vietnam's and Malaysia's (at the expense of China's) exports in the Furniture sector; positive results for Polish exports of Lighting [ Read all ]

The Global Crisis of Investment Goods

Published by Marcello Antonioni. June 3, 2020 .

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Worldwide exports of electrical engineering products, machinery, tools and equipment, industrial plants have been falling for 4-5 quarters in a row [ Read all ]

Global Demand: Q1-2020 shows a better than expected scenario

Published by Giulio Grisanti. June 1, 2020 .

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World trade data about the first three months of the year suggest an "optimistic" scenario, with an overall downturn slightly higher than 10% in 2020. [ Read all ]

Will the global demand crisis be V, U or L-shaped?

Published by Luigi Bidoia. May 28, 2020 .

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The dynamics of chinese foreign trade in the first three months of 2020 may give us some insights. [ Read all ]

World trade in 2020: Forecast by Industry

Published by Luigi Bidoia. May 13, 2020 .

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Analysis of world trade scenarios: what can we learn from the 2009 crisis? [ Read all ]

Covid-19: Economic Growth and Trade Disruptions

Published by Alba Di Rosa. May 12, 2020 .

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Forecasts paint a grim picture for 2020, but envisage a rebound in 2021. [ Read all ]

American Market: Falling Demand for Machinery

Published by Marcello Antonioni. May 9, 2020 .

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In the first quarter of 2020, a drop in imports spread to all sectors of machinery, with the exceptions of Food Machines and - to a lesser extent - Paper & Converting Machines. [ Read all ]

U.S. market in Q1-2020: Agribusiness and Healthcare products relatively sheltered from the contraction in demand

Published by Marcello Antonioni. May 8, 2020 .

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Demand for packaged Food and Pharmaceutical products continued to grow, despite persistent declines for capital goods and intermediates, as well as a drop in demand for Fashion and Home products [ Read all ]