Real declarative titles from real consulting decks.

“Governments are at the front line of the green transition, but existing action plans and policies need to provide credible pathways to limit temperature growth.”

“The Australian economy is to experience a period of below-trend growth and lower inflation as a direct response to the Reserve Bank's monetary policy tightening”

“Rebalancing labor markets have led to a gradual easing of wage growth pressures, but positive inflation-adjusted wage growth continues to drive purchasing power”

“Nutrition: Using genetic, metabolomic, metagenomic and meal-context information from 1,100 study participants to predict individuals’ metabolic response to food”

“AI Model Compute Costs High / Rising + Inference Costs Per Token Falling = Performance Converging + Developer Usage Rising ...(Likely) Long Way to Profitability”

“Moving to the cloud was always going to be an unnatural act for banks—since their earliest days they have kept their most valuable assets locked up on-premise.”

“European banks have been slow to pass on interest rate increases to their depositors, but this dynamic could now change as competition for deposits intensifies”

“The following report is based on our research and on Accenture's depth of understanding working globally with clients and partners to deliver outsized results.”

“High growth economies like Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Latin America (Growth Markets) are faster to adopt new technologies compared to other regions.”

“Continued growth moderation and above-target inflation are the base case for the US, with continued stagnation or mild recessions most likely throughout Europe”

“The Federal Reserve, ECB, and BOE are cautiously reducing rates to support growth, while Brazil's central bank tightens policy further to curb rising inflation”

“US consumers are increasingly under pressure as labor market conditions soften and balance sheets normalize, constraining purchasing power in the coming months”

“US consumers continue to report price sensitivity and a high tendency to walk away from purchases, while trading down remains an increasingly attractive option”

“Confidence indicators for both consumer and industrials are below their 20ys-avg – Other than consumer confidence, industrial confidence continuously worsening”

“Market competition and legacy technology are the most likely to be considered major or very major barriers to increasing productivity according to respondents.”

“CEOs remain confident in the continent's economic outlook despite some caution as the thriving opportunities could be hindered by emerging risks and challenges”

“Two-thirds of respondents anticipate greater productivity gains from GenAI; over half expect it to enhance existing tech capabilities and accelerate innovation”

“SEA takes the lead in implementing wellness & prevention programs and remote consultation compared to China and India, but lags behind on patient info and data”

“SEA takes the lead in implementing wellness & prevention programs and remote consultation compared to China and India, but lags behind on patient info and data”

“Large investments by venture capitalists in Brazil were diversified across sectors and maturity levels, with the rounds being mostly led by international funds”

“The relevant corporate transactions in Mexico were diversified across different sectors; however, the oil and gas sector stood out in terms of transaction size”

“The impact of 2020 international border closures will be sustained reduction in Australia's level of population growth, with implications for economic recovery”

“Nonetheless, 2020 saw the breaking of a record drought, and metropolitan water storage levels on the east coast partially returned during the COVID-19 pandemic”

“Notwithstanding these differences, the Australian wine supply chain appears to be reasonably efficient against the geographies reviewed from a cost perspective”

“Over half of German consumers are more conscious about their home energy usage; Gen Z consumers made the most changes in purchase behavior in the last 3 months”

“Nordic banks’ profitability has historically been higher than the European average, however the region lags in efficiency to utilize assets to generate revenue”

“With our rich experience and deep understanding of brand development in the Chinese market, we have distilled the path to success into key actionable insights:”

“Though being the second largest economy's currency, the Chinese renminbi is unlikely to pose a real challenge to the dollar's status as global reserve currency”

“To boost the economy and create financial security for households, governments will increase their spending, potentially leading to even higher inflation rates”

“OEMs and cell manufacturer can choose different levels of involvement to reduce supply chain risks – Lower risk associated with higher control over value chain”

“...power system operators are already planning for significant generation and capacity growth from transportation electrification, as well as from other trends”

“The scope of Roland Berger global H2 storage market study focuses on carbon fiber type III / IV tanks that are expected to become the main technologies by 2030”

“Australia has state-specific CDS, collection with room for improvement; With no local recycling, recovered UBCs are exported for C2C processing and downcycling”

“Respondents in Western countries identify price-related criteria as significantly more relevant to the purchase decision compared to Arabic and Asian countries”

“Given the practical focus of this study, L.E.K. carried out an extensive programme of stakeholder consultation to understand the views of industry participants”

“L.E.K. has used Oxera’s PR08 analysis of underlying cost volatility to evaluate the impact of this uncertainty on an outperformance only Regional EBS mechanism”

“Parents of children aged 0-5 have a wide community of sources for help on social and emotional development – over half (56%) sought help from family or friends”

“These new process automation applications are being deployed across the six key industry sectors. Two of these applications are explored further in this reader”

“The outlook for infrastructure work done grows at a strong pace across all scenarios, underpinned by strength in business investment and public spending growth”

“These prioritized sectors offer a range of accessible thematic investment plays; Built environment, EVs, Forest conservation and Renewables are most attractive”

“One thing is clear the COVID-19 pandemic has worked like an X-ray machine, revealing the hidden challenges under the surface of many SEA socio-economic systems”

“Business models vary from specialized component / module manufacturer to fully integrated conglomerates; growth and margin profiles vary across the value chain”

“Valuable proven applications of blockchain include trade finance, supply chain, digital identity, public records access and financial services (not exhaustive)”

“Australia has limited on-farm storage capacity relative to comparators, despite the lower cost of on-farm storage driven by the lower moisture content of grain”

“Average spend per user on camera equipment is ~30 SEKk per year, however this varies by user and increases with share of income from photography and experience”

“With a high level of innovation across key flash brands, Profoto differentiates as innovation leader, having been first to market on major new product launches”

“...and has the highest NPS of the premium brands – despite that premium brand users are more demanding and critical; Godox has the lowest NPS of the key brands”

“Continuous lighting solutions consists of premium brands for high-end filmmaking, multipurpose lighting brands, and brands who focus on still photography/video”

“Continued growth moderation and above-target inflation are the base case for the US, with continued stagnation or mild recessions most likely throughout Europe”

“However, the EU continues to struggle in elevating its global AI market position compared to the US, while also facing significant supply chain vulnerabilities”

“US-China competition for strategic technology has intensified during the past two US administrations, with risks of potential further escalation on the horizon”

“Consumer spending on services in the US remains resilient, despite a slowdown in goods spending, while spending in Europe is retrenching across most categories”

“ICT teaching hours: Deploying solar across public sec. schools could enable schools utilize their ICT facilities and increase their practical ICT teaching time”

“Women are more likely to be actively looking for a new role than they were a year ago, and more than half plan to leave their current employer within two years”

“One thing is clear the COVID-19 pandemic has worked like an X-ray machine, revealing the hidden challenges under the surface of many SEA socio-economic systems”

“Parents of children aged 0-5 have a wide community of sources for help on social and emotional development – over half (56%) sought help from family or friends”

“More than 50% of respondents in Europe consider charging costs as the key deterrent; high-rise dwellers in China are more concerned about the long waiting time”

“The Fed is on track to lift the policy rate above 5%, but recent financial market turbulence highlight the risk of overtightening and the lack of policy anchor”

“Global supply chain pressures have eased considerably despite lingering vulnerabilities, and some of the easing reflects rapidly cooling manufacturing activity”

“Developed markets are likely to experience modest to moderate economic activity in 2024 – weighed down by cost fatigue but supported by labor market resilience”

“After surprisingly robust performance in 2023, most Latin American economies will slow down in 2024 due to tight monetary policy and fading temporary tailwinds”

“Balancing between innovation and risk while facilitating AI development in the FS industry would require implementing changes within the regulatory environment”

“RPA and computer vision are the most common deployed techniques in the enterprise. Speech, natural language generation and physical robots are the least common”

“To maximize value, it’s key to adopt an approach that reimagines functional processes, builds AI platforms, and establishes guardrails to control cost and risk”

“Entitlement Spending + Interest Payments Alone Were More Than Total Federal Government Revenues in 2020... & Will Be Again in 2025, Per CBO...Think About That!”

“Adblocking @ ~220MM Desktop Users (+16% Y/Y)...~420MM+ Mobile (+94%)... Majority in China / India / Indonesia = Call-to-Arms to Create Better Ads, per PageFair”

“The balance of recent data points to an ongoing slump in global manufacturing, moderating services momentum and further cooling of inflation and labor markets”

“China's growing involvement in the economies of most countries, and its concerted effort to attract foreign investors, is another risk that warrants scrutiny.”

“Credit Suisse's troubles were largely structural and idiosyncratic, but could have broader repercussions for Swiss banking and for the European banking system”

“North American communications and media company: The journey to becoming technology-oriented, yielding significant outcomes across financial and experiential.”

“Global air trade grew substantially throughout 2024, with Q4 likely reflecting preemptive trade flows as tariffs loom and global uncertainties remain elevated”

“In making investment decisions and recommendations, investors prioritize long-term growth, followed by FCF generation, return on capital, and margin potential”

“Regional cross-border grid: A regional grid can unlock even greater renewables potential while helping reduce intermittency risks in any renewables transition”

“Content preference: novel & trendy offline experience, celebrity marketing & creative content spark the interest of post-90s light & medium-spending consumers”

“Wealth and asset managers demonstrate growing interest in GenAI solutions, anticipate enhanced client experiences and have begun deploying dedicated resources”

“In the medium term we expect reductions in the 'core' insurance competencies of underwriting and claims, but with increased data science roles in hybrid teams”

“The nbn network roll out has had a profound impact on broadband availability and speeds... ...delivering significant economic and social benefits to Australia”

“The GDP benefit of the nbn network between 2012 and 2022 ($122 billion) equates to 4% of all growth in GDP, and one quarter of annual MFP growth in the period”

“Other than the pandemic response, hospitals' focus for the next 3 years is on long-term capability improvement such as workflow efficiency and care management”

“North America has seen a lower decline of about 20-25% in investments relative to most other geographies, which have seen >50% investment value tumble in 2022”