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Global Outlook: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Bahrain Q2 2021
The economies of all six countries are dependent to varying degrees on hydrocarbon earnings, which accrue primarily to the state (see Table 1). The generally small populations (with the exception of Saudi Arabia), combined with the huge hydrocarbon earnings accruing to the state has resulted in high infrastructure spending, the emergence of a private sector that is heavily reliant on government contracts and a strong reliance on expatriate labour. The lack of democratic checks and balances has also seen the emergence of a private sector elite closely tied to the political elite, meaning that commercial legalisation and regulations often create barriers for foreign companies and local businesses without ties to the regime. Positively, the oil revenues have traditionally meant a low tax environment, although this is set to change over the next decade.
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Western Europe Economic Outlook - Executive SummaryQ2 2021
The executive summary of last month’s webinar on Western Europe, incorporating key insights from our speakers, as well as foreword by Andrea Baker FACP MCICM RGCP. Thank you once again to all of our panelists on this event; Adrian Hyde, Cees Jansen, Tim Wendholt, Bhav Chandegra, Declan Flood, and our host Martyn Brooke FCICM (Grad). Don’t forget, if you missed it, you can watch the recording back in full and download the slides right here, for free, in Baker Ing’s resource library.
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Western Europe Economic Outlook 15th July 2021
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Middle East & North Africa Q2 2021
This report has been produced in collaboration with Cedar Rose – the marketing-leading credit reference bureau in this area, which we are proud to partner with. As part of this report, Cedar Rose contributed invaluable insight into data availability and financial reporting quality in this region. The report forms part of our Global Outlook reporting service, encompassing a broad range of research & analysis, market bulletins, webinars, live events, and bespoke reporting.
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Telecommunications in Europe Q2 2021
The telecommunications sector is going through a huge transformation across the world. This radical change can be observed in several aspects, including the technology used, participants in the market, regulatory environment, and the way consumers approach the sector. The changes have not only been significant, but also fast.
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Fashion, Apparel & Retail in the USA
The American Fashion and Apparel (F&A) market is the biggest in the world. With extremely little clothing manufacturing, the sector is shaped by big brands that mostly specialize in the casual, urban and sportswear segments. The most important F&A companies of the USA, such as Nike, Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Ralph Lauren, and Michael Kors, have managed to build globally known brands thanks to efforts around product innovation, quality design, brand positioning, market segmentation and marketing. With good management of global value chains, they have become relatively affordable products for most people around the world.
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Construction in LATAM
Latin America has been badly affected by COVID-19. Global Data expects the construction in Latin America to contract 17.3% in 2020, exceeding the previous projection of -11.4%.
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Fashion, Apparel & Retail in Europe
The Fashion and Apparel (F&A) sector has gone through a radical transformation in the past decades. The way clothing is designed, produced, marketed and sold has changed, driven mostly by globalisation along with increasing purchase power and sophistication of the population in both rich countries and the developing world.
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Telecommunications Sector in LATAM
Given macroeconomic and political instability, the investment rate of the region tends to be low, leading to poor infrastructure, in particular, for telecommunications. Regulatory environments do not provide stable conditions for investment, presenting a further barrier to investment in the sector. As demonstrated by the reduced amount of radio spectrum allocated in the majority of the countries of the region by national governments, the environment is not very attractive to investment. In this context, the region lags behind considerably in the adoption of technologies: 4G has just become in 2019 the most used technology to transmit data, with only a few countries having plans to start the use of 5G. In addition, as the region consists of huge megalopolises with vast tracts of low population density, it requires efficient and clear incentives for investment.
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Western Europe Economic Outlook
The Western European economy entered 2021 on a feeble footing, with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic having triggered the reimposition or tightening of lockdown measures across many countries in Q4 2020. Despite the launch of vaccine rollouts, the region’s economic recovery is now being threatened by a third wave of the pandemic. Nevertheless, with vaccine programmes progressing and government policy measures continuing to support households and firms, the regional economy is expected to grow by 4.5% in 2021, following an estimated contraction of 6.8% in 2020.
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Hosted by Henry Webinar: Full recording
Watch the full video of the inaugural Hosted by Henry covering Eastern Europe & Central Asia.
A new webinar series from Baker Ing. Each installment focuses on a different region as Henry James Barrowclough MCICM brings together economists and senior leaders from the credit industry. Let’s get to the bottom of the figures and what they mean for us in the months ahead.
This webinar took place on 18th March 2021, looking at Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Register for the next Hosted by Henry at: https://bakering.global/hosted-by-henry/
Speakers in this video:
The Baker Ing Economist Team
Robert Dyrcz, Polish Institute of Credit Management
Tim Wendholt, Risk Data Specialist, Corporate CPR
Ian Leslie, Head of Business Development, Aon
Adrian Hyde, Partner, Begbies Traynor
Lisa Baker, CEO, Baker Ing
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Hosted by Henry Webinar: Eastern Europe & Central Asia - Executive Summary
Download the full executive summary from our speakers at the inaugural Hosted by Henry covering Eastern Europe & Central Asia.
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Pharmaceutical Industry in LATAM
Latin America represents between 10% and 15% of the global pharmaceutical sales as FIFARMA states. Moreover, the pharmaceutical industry in LATAM employs more than 250.000 people.
Actual indicators suggest that the pharmaceutical industry´s market in Latin America is in a phase of significant expansion. According to Global Health Intelligence (June 2018), recent forecasts state that the annual growth rate of the market would be 9.3% between 2018 and 2023.
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LATAM Economic Outlook
Macroeconomic developments in 2020 were dominated by the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regional output collapsed in the first half of the year, as growing case rates and pandemic-related lockdowns caused domestic demand to plunge. Manufacturing and services activity were hit sharply by major supply chain disruptions along with the slump in activity both domestically and globally. GDP contracted by an estimated 3.2% on average across the region in 2020.
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Covid Credit Assessments
How can credit professionals account for COVID-19 in their 2021 Global Credit Policies and, if we change our credit risk methodology, what new data variables might we include?
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Ownership Intelligence
How ownership intelligence helps credit management.
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Force Majeure
This paper provides a high-level summary of considerations regarding Force Majeure clauses, their potential importance in the COVID-19 crisis, and their operation is different global jurisdictions.
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Covid-19: How can Credit Management Mitigate Risk and Respond?
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Covid-19: UK Government Response
This paper aims to provide a succinct guide to the response being offered by the UK government regarding Covid-19. It may not be exhaustive and you should be aware that matters are subject to change quickly. However, all points below are linked to the source information which you should check for updates.