Category: Manufacturing
Manufacturing market research reports by Oxford Economics
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Macro - Country Economic Forecasts - United States
Macro - Country Economic Forecasts - United States We continue to forecast GDP in the US will grow by 2.6% in 2025, following an estimated 2.8% expansion this year. The adjustments we made to our US outlook this month were concentrated in trade and the US dollar because of expectations that imports ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone Final PMI numbers for November suggest growth in the eurozone has come to a halt. And though PMI figures appear to be overestimating the weakness in GDP, services and manufacturing are both below the 50-point threshold, signalling very soft momentum in the economy ... Read More
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Analysis by Region - Emerging Markets - Nigeria
Analysis by Region - Emerging Markets - Nigeria Real GDP growth surprised to the upside in Q3, supported by a sound performance in Nigeria's services economy. Although the November purchasing managers' index reading points to persistent hardship in the country's private sector, economic ... Read More
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Macro - Country Economic Forecasts - Oman
Macro - Country Economic Forecasts - Oman We nudged our 2025 GDP growth forecast for Oman down by 0.1ppt, to 2.2%, which is an improvement on the 1.5% expansion we expect this year. Growth continues to be driven by non-energy sectors, after a strong pickup of 4.6% in H1, despite a deeply negative co ... Read More
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Analysis by Region - Asia Pacific - South Korea
Analysis by Region - Asia Pacific - South Korea We kept our 2025 GDP growth forecast for South Korea at 1.9%. Under President Trump, higher investment in the US and a strong US dollar will provide a boost to exports next year. However, economic policy uncertainty will undermine South Korea's inv ... Read More
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Macro - Country Economic Forecasts - Lebanon
Macro - Country Economic Forecasts - Lebanon We've cut our 2025 GDP growth forecast for Lebanon by 2.2ppts to 0.8% to reflect the escalation in conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Despite talks of ceasefire and Israel's moderate retaliation against Iran, which has calmed fears of a full-s ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone Data releases this week show that eurozone momentum remains weak. The October composite PMI is still in contractionary territory, though marginally. France's composite PMI deteriorated over the month, whereas Germany posted a gain for the first time since May. ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone Despite a small respite from positive German industrial production numbers in August, most economic indicators in Europe continue to point to a persistent lack of momentum. Near-term prospects remain muted, as Europe's largest economy remains mired in a slump. ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone The eurozone's disinflation process reached an important milestone this week as inflation dipped below 2% for the first time in over three years. The details reinforced indications of a soft inflation print, and significantly, a quick cooling in services infla ... Read More
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Industry - Global Industry Forecasts - Chemicals
Industry - Global Industry Forecasts - Chemicals The chemical industry was one the worst impacted by the energy crisis, as production is heavily reliant on oil and gas as feedstock. However, the sharp fall in energy prices, particularly gas prices, will ease pressure off chemical producers – especia ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone In a week of few major data releases, the fall in the Sentix index for a third consecutive month in September sounded another downbeat note for the near-term outlook in the eurozone. The fall is particularly large in Germany, where sentiment has fallen to levels n ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone We think this week's data releases cement the case for the ECB to cut rates in September. Key among them is today's flash inflation for August, which came in at 2.2%, adding to the large drop in negotiated wages from last week. Together with recent communi ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone Flash PMIs improved over the month in August, stopping the series of subdued surveys published recently. But this was primarily due to the impact of the Paris Olympics on the French services PMI, which reached its highest level in more than two years. ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone Survey data continue to paint the disappointing picture that eurozone sentiment and activity growth are deteriorating. A second consecutive monthly fall left the Sentix measure at a seven-month low in August. The final PMIs for July still suggest eurozone growth n ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone This week's flash PMIs provided more evidence that the eurozone recovery ran out of steam before it began. The eurozone composite PMI sunk in July to a level consistent with stagnation and a contraction in Germany and France. This was reinforced by national se ... Read More
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Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone
Macro - Weekly Briefings - Eurozone Disappointing data releases this week show that while the eurozone economy continues to grow, the path to a stronger recovery will be bumpy. Both the Economic Sentiment Indicator and the ifo index fell in June, highlighting the still fragile nature of the budding ... Read More
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Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Canada
Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Canada Canada’s industrial production for Q4 of 2023 expanded by approximately 0.4%. However, overall industrial production contracted by approximately 0.6% in 2023. Our outlook for 2024 is slightly more positive, with output in the sector expected to expand b ... Read More
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Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - France
Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - France Our forecast for 2024 industrial production is largely unchanged since our previous update: we now expect growth of 0.5%. This is just under our forecast for GDP growth over the same time, which currently stands at 0.9%. However, the tepid outlook is be ... Read More
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Industry - Global Industry Forecasts - Electronics & Computers
Industry - Global Industry Forecasts - Electronics & Computers Our outlook for global electronics production is broadly unchanged from last quarter in both 2024 and 2025. On a country basis, growth in 2024 has been revised up in the US, South Korea and Taiwan and slightly in Japan, offset by downwar ... Read More
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Industry - Global Industry Forecasts - Engineering and metal goods
Industry - Global Industry Forecasts - Engineering and metal goods Our forecast for global engineering and metal goods output has come down relative to our last forecast update: we now expect global growth of 1.5%, down from 2.2% previously. While our forecast has edged down for advanced economies t ... Read More
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Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Switzerland
Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Switzerland Industrial production (manufacturing, extraction and utilities) is forecast to be broadly in line with economic growth in 2024, increasing by 1.4%, picking up to 3% growth in 2025. ... Read More
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Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Estonia
Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Estonia Industrial production (manufacturing, extraction and utilities) is forecast to outpace economic growth in 2024, increasing by 4.7%, picking up to 7.5% growth in 2025. ... Read More
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Analysis by Region - Emerging Markets - Iraq
Analysis by Region - Emerging Markets - Iraq Industrial production (manufacturing, extraction and utilities) is forecast to lag economic growth in 2024, falling by 1%, picking up to 2.6% growth in 2025. ... Read More
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Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Austria
Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Austria Industrial production (manufacturing, extraction and utilities) is forecast to lag economic growth in 2024, falling by 1.7%, picking up to 2.5% growth in 2025. ... Read More
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Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Czech Republic
Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - Czech Republic Industrial production (manufacturing, extraction and utilities) is forecast to outpace economic growth in 2024, increasing by 1.6%, picking up to 4.3% growth in 2025. ... Read More
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