Real declarative titles from real consulting decks.

“Deal count constant but deal value dips by ~$2B YoY as investors prioritise profitability and contend with valuation concerns around late-stage companies”

“More mature areas, like North America, already show huge geological storage capacities, corresponding to hundreds of years under current emissions levels”

“The main aim of R&D in storage is to find suitable reservoirs and understand the behaviour of CO2 underground, for which field demonstration is essential”

“Latin American countries make up six of the seven countries most likely to say that inequality is the single most important problem facing their country.”

“In 2023, the education sector proved resilient, with a ~13% drop in overall deal value compared with 2022, while global M&A activity declined by ~20%-30%”

“Survey respondents who say external issues rank highly on a board’s and CEO’s agenda report greater improvements than peers in the impact of ESG efforts.”

“Core to our premium lending strategy is a deep focus on lower-risk segments and existing customers where we believe there is a big opportunity for growth”

“The EU and national financial instruments constitute an efficient way of deploying resources that provide support to businesses related to the T&T sector”

“The labor market has remained resilient, while gradually rebalancing, though wage growth will remain elevated on the back of indexation to past inflation”

“The population growth rate is decreasing due to lower fertility rates - In 2050, the vast majority of the 9.7 billion will live in less developed regions”

“In 2019, the FDA acknowledged that the traditional paradigm of medical device regulation was not designed for AI-first software which improves over time.”

“As the trends shaping banking technology are taken to their logical conclusion, an obvious question arises: how will the role of the IT function evolve?”

“If there's a single theme that has dominated discussions about banks' technology over the past few decades, it is the constraints of their digital core.”

“Weak fraud prevention, lack of value-added services, and difficulty adding new payment methods are the most significant causes of client dissatisfaction”

“Australian households derive ~$1,305 p.a. in value from conducting essential tasks online and $615 p.a. in value from activities that enrich their lives”

“The social and economic disruption of recent months has accelerated the changing relationship between organizations and the world in which they operate.”

“Economic activity across Europe remains largely muted, with Spain and Ireland emerging as notable exceptions, showing strong growth in output and demand”

“Labor market tightness is below pre-pandemic levels in major advanced economies, which should help alleviate wage pressures throughout the coming months”

“Even with the recent softening in tariff stance, the US' effective tariff rate has increased by 13 p.p., with an additional 14 p.p. still on the horizon”

“CEOs don't need to understand the technology behind Generative AI to create business model innovation; instead, they need to understand its key features”

“In 2024, exports (in the form of liquefied feed gas), electricity generation, and industrial demand were the three largest uses of natural gas in the US”

“There are a total of 412 people, mainly centralized and minimally distributed across campus, who report performing Facility Services related activities.”

“Globalization of Chinese biopharma and the evolution of MNC China R&D strategy are also the two noteworthy trends of clinical trial development in China”

“The impacts of COVID-19 restrictions have been uneven across the economy, with some sectors experiencing strong growth, others stagnation or contraction”

“Increased commercial vacancies in CBDs indicate that firms are beginning to 'lock in' decisions to work remotely or to downsize their space requirements”

“Almost 30% of respondents had considered installing solar panels during COVID-19, with strongest interest in metropolitan Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane”

“Of the c.1.4b litres of wine produced in Australia, two-thirds is exported (with bulk nearly half the volume) predominantly to the UK, China, and the US”

“While the Commonwealth government does not possess constitutional authority, different departments and agencies provide leadership at the national level”

“The management of waste in both Denmark and Wales flows from high level European Union directives, in a manner that is more consistent than in Australia”

“Despite lower unit rates, transport costs across Australian landfill/refuse waste streams are higher than international examples due to longer distances”

“South Australia accounts for nearly half of all wine production; the Swan Hill / Murray Darling region between the Vic / NSW border is also a key region”

“Of the c.1.4b litres of wine produced in Australia, two-thirds is exported (with bulk nearly half the volume) predominantly to the UK, China, and the US”

“Consumer and producer prices continued to deflate, while new credit surged in January; PBOC (central bank) further lowered the interest rate in February”

“Modest UK GDP growth outlook for 2023–25, after the economy grew by 0.1% in Q4 2022; inflation declined to 10.1% in March but remained above projections”

“Profession: GenAI has greatest labor shortage mitigation potentials in high job vacancy concentration areas, such as educator training, STEM, and Health”

“More than half of workers say their employers’ transparency on societal issues is very important to them, with safety and social issues topping the list”

“Although the reversal is dramatic, CEOs’ outlook is consistent with most economic forecasts as the global economy heads into its 11th year of expansion.”

“According to the UN, everyone is entitled to all human rights and freedoms – In reality, achieving these entitlements is mixed and fraught with setbacks”

“Germany is a high-cost location in many areas - Energy costs were expensive even before the Russian invasion and are likely to remain at elevated levels”

“The German economy profits from a resilient economic structure led by innovative SMEs that have world-leading expertise in various frontier technologies”

“Artificial intelligence capabilities are increasingly entering the healthcare sector, signaling faster, life-saving diagnoses as well as cost reductions”

“Low mileage medium-duty vehicles will not need on-route charging, and can use Level 2 chargers on-site, minimizing charger and make-ready investments...”

“To store H2 in mobility, Gaseous H2 solutions are the main systems already in operation while Liquid H2 & Cryo-compressed H2 are still under development”

“To decarbonize mobility, three main architecture are considered: H2 Internal Combustion Engines, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles & Battery Electric Vehicles”

“Human activities utilizing space assets will see continuous growth to 2050 – Space activities depend on orbital distances to Earth and commercial appeal”

“The relationship of humans with machines is fraught with technological risk – Risk perception regarding innovations in the younger generation are higher”

“The labor market faces structural change: Jobs that can easily be handled by automation, robotics and AI will experience declines – While others benefit”

“Biotechnological innovations enable many beneficial applications but entail ethical and societal risks – Research is ongoing, yielding breakthroughs ...”

“Traditional brands have a trust advantage among all customers related to autonomous driving technology, which is currently perceived as highly luxurious”

“9 – Governance: We would recommend a two level approach to governance of the cost and revenue sharing mechanism - management level and supervisory level”

“The situation further exacerbated by the recent Ukraine conflict and resulting inflation; effects likely to linger and slow down decarbonization actions”

“Ratings of government competence, motivations and values, leadership, responsibility, reliability and transparency are all better than they were in 2019”

“COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR, ALL 54 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA WERE REPRESENTED WITH A MARGINAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMME...”

“The global industrial automation market is growing rapidly across segments and geographies, driven by a range of structural drivers and boosted by COVID”

“In 2018, self-reported podcast advertising revenues grew, increasing 49% between Q4 2017 and Q4 2018, and yielding a 15% compound quarterly growth rate.”

“The findings in this report are based on interviews with market participants, end-user survey, management information as well as other secondary sources”

“Rental shops is an important channel affording end-users flexibility to adapt to client requirements and reduce the need to purchase expensive equipment”

“The survey segmented end-users by four main categories, and asked a variety of questions focused on purchasing habits/spend, KPCs, and brand preferences”

“Labor and purchased services continue to drive input cost inflation across industries, while energy and materials price pressures ease in select sectors”

“Mixed travel recovery sentiments across the world as certain regions look to reopen while others remain controlled; various tactics explored in recovery”

“Historically, APAC (incl. SEA) and SEA-6 emissions have grown at ~2%–3% and ~3%–4% p.a. respectively; SEA-6 emissions intensity has been higher vs. APAC”

“As workforces become more dynamic, social, and team-based, it is more important than ever to engage employees and deliver experiences that create value.”

“Apart from better compensation and inspiring company vision, digital talent are attracted to opportunities that provide growth and enhancement of skills”

“In SME services, GudangAda establishes itself as leading B2B e-commerce player by serving more than 300,000 merchants beyond tier 1 cities in Indonesia.”

“Ratings of government competence, motivations and values, leadership, responsibility, reliability and transparency are all better than they were in 2019”

“The CHIPS and Science Act authorizes $174 billion for investment in science, technology, engineering, and math programs, workforce development, and R&D.”

“Detailed analysis Mobility: Venture capital of EUR 269 million for the Aviation segment - Automotive receives just under half as much at EUR 132 million”

“Respondents interested in connected car features are comfortable sharing their personal data with car manufacturer, insurance company and vehicle dealer”

“Modest growth is expected in Japan, with some support from stronger wage growth but lingering constraints from elevated inflation and weak global growth”

“Emerging markets and a change of the essence of luxury toward a digital experience and personalization of goods will drive growth in the following years”

“We foresee cooler, but still moderate, economic activity in 2024 with slower private sector activity, easing inflation and a modest rise in unemployment”

“Supply availability and price risks for Lithium, Nickel and the refined salts stem from a potential demand-supply imbalance driven by long lead times...”

“Looking closer at the stack, an incremental AI layer, coupled with improvements to existing layers, will lay the foundation for enabling AI applications”

“USA Social Security + Medicare + Medicaid + Interest Payments Should Exceed Federal Revenue Within 12 Years, 35 Years Sooner than 1999 Forecast, per CBO”

“Oil prices edged lower for part of March amidst concerns about demand impacts from financial stress, but are likely to trend higher again going forward”

“Empathy and Support roles represent the largest share of employment in the US and will also require a major increase in workers over the next 10 years.”

“Consumer spending remained steady in the US but declined in Europe and the UK, while Australia saw an uptick driven by increased discretionary spending”

“Rising raw material prices, escalating subsystem costs and higher wages are driving up production expenses, making strategic cost management essential.”

“Europe faces a range of structural and cyclical headwinds, including significantly higher energy costs than the US and weak external demand for exports”

“Even in a de-escalation scenario, the tariff-related hit to US GDP could be on the order of 0.5 p.p, putting the economy at growing risk of stagflation”