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Business Consulting

We can provide independent forecasting and analysis tailored to the needs of management. We undertake tailored consultancy studies for clients so why not use us as an out-sourced business economics resource for product market forecasting, scenario analysis, and understanding business drivers?

Many business leaders look to economists to tell them about economic growth, inflation, interest rates and exchange rates. We are observers of the business cycle. We analyze all sorts of data in search of signals about the production-side of the economy. This often overlooked side is essential to interpreting developments and anticipating future trends. Unlike the consensus view, insights are drawn from the fact that the factors of production, input costs, pricing, and cycles across sectors differ from each other in ways that are significant. Failure to respect this is partly responsible for the failure to fully understand key features of economic performance.
 
We also help our clients understand the forecasts of others in addition to our own take on the economy. We find that questions raised about these forecasts are really preliminaries to more specific questions related to a client’s particular needs which our microeconomic techniques and industry knowledge can answer effectively. We can provide briefing or interpretation of worldwide economic events as they unfold.

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Our Approach

Our approach to problem-solving is unique. We use a range of the latest analytical techniques and models, and frequently develop novel approaches and ideas. We offer tailor-made research to clients seeking the highest quality data, analysis, insight and advice for organizations involved in a variety of industries:

 

  • Specialty and fine chemicals

  • Steel, aluminum, and copper

  • Advanced materials

  • Logistics

  • Light vehicles and tires

  • Housing and other building & construction

  • Machinery and other capital goods

  • Carpeting and textiles

 

We have a wealth of industry knowledge and experience, having undertaken research for a wide variety of clients. Our work has a predominantly microeconomic flavor. That is, industries, companies, markets, and products. For us, business economics builds upon economic theory with business practice to facilitate decision-making, problem-solving, and planning by management. We are guided by the single aim of making business economics provide the maximum practical value to clients.

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Our Analysis

Our analysis covers both the international economy and the United States in detail, including at a detailed industrial level. We have found macroeconomic scenarios to be a core tool for risk management, planning, and development of robust corporate strategies. Some of the scenario projects we have conducted include:

 

  • Global demographic and economic growth futures

  • China population scenarios and effects on economic growth

  • Futures for India’s economy

  • AI and economic growth futures

  • EV adoption scenarios and implications for automotive materials

  • The electronic media and futures for printing ink

  • Alternative scenarios for lubricant additives

  • The future of the chemical industry

 

Our clients use our macroeconomic scenarios to enhance market growth forecasting, portfolio risk management, and capital budgeting decisions. Our modeling expertise provides a rigorous and consistent structure for forecasting and scenario analysis. Our scenarios are therefore consistent.

 

We provided macroeconomic and industry-specific scenario-development long before it became fashionable, and have created scenarios for a wide range of topics and sectors over more than two decades. We have a particular focus on demographics and the geo-political environment and have developed numerous scenarios for gauging long-term trends.

 

We are guided by the single aim of making business economics provide the maximum practical value to clients.

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