Metrics
What numbers consultants lead with.
Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.
Metric families
7,750 metric-led slides1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
Filtered by macro
· clear
Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 43 |
| establish_context | 15 |
| benchmark_peers | 12 |
| frame_problem | 3 |
| quantify_impact | 2 |
| diagnose | 1 |
76 examples
50
Manufacturing remains sluggish across most major economies, while services sector shows resilience outside of a sudden slowdown in the US
“EU and UK manufacturing sectors remains in contraction”
54
Economic activity across Europe remains largely muted, with Spain and Ireland emerging as notable exceptions, showing strong growth in output and demand
“Economic activity across Europe remains largely muted, with Spain and Ireland emerging as notable exceptions, showing strong growth in output and demand”
~58
APAC economies maintain a trajectory of modest growth at start of 2025, with India remaining the clear outperformer
50
Manufacturing activity in Southeast Asia shows resilience in Indonesia and the Philippines, while other countries saw deterioration in new orders and employment in January
~62 (Saudi Arabia)
Among other emerging markets, Saudi Arabia's manufacturing sector continues to lead the charge, while Colombia sees strong gains in new orders and employment
50
Globally, employment is mostly stable in the services sector but remains in contraction in manufacturing, with regional weakness in UK, Euro area, and China
~4.3%
Businesses and consumers expect inflation to rise significantly in the near-term as tariffs and other geopolitical tensions threaten price stability
“Inflation expectations for next 12 months and longer-term”
50
Supplier delivery times have stabilized near pre-pandemic levels across major economies, while the pace of backlog reduction has slowed somewhat
“Faster deliveries”
~88
Recent trade tensions have halted the improvement in Chinese consumer sentiment in late 2024, and will likely keep domestic demand subdued despite some frontloading of imports
“Chinese exports surged in the leadup to April 2 US tariff announcements, then fell back in April; import frontloading (to get ahead of tariffs) was also signifi…”
62
Weakening APAC consumer sentiment suggests an impending tariff-driven slowdown in retail sales growth, as consumers remain cautious amid uncertainty and trade tensions
“High-end and mid-tier brands may lose share to value-oriented alternatives or low-end brands, as price sensitivity of consumers increases in the future”
50
Manufacturing activity has surprised to the upside in the US (though it remains subdued elsewhere), while the services sector has slowed notably in Germany and France
“US manufacturing has been in expansionary territory for 5 straight months”
50
Europe's overall performance shows mixed signals, with Spain and Ireland expanding solidly while France remains a key laggard and UK sees a drastic slowdown in April
~60 (India)
Asia-Pacific activity has seen steady momentum, with India maintaining the strongest growth while China experiences some deceleration in activity
50
Manufacturing momentum in Southeast Asia remains mixed, with growth in Singapore and Philippines, and a decline in Indonesia for the first time in 5 months
59
Saudi Arabia continues to lead emerging markets with strong economic activity, while Brazil has seen a sharp deceleration and Mexico and Turkey remain in contraction
50
Global employment growth has slowed notably in the services sector and remained in contraction for manufacturing, with the UK showing particularly weak job growth
7.3%
US inflation expectations among consumers have surged since January, though expectations among companies remain fairly anchored for the time being
25bp
May brought renewed monetary easing in some major economies, with central banks appearing to put more weight on risk of slowing growth versus resurgent inflation
“The Bank of England cut rates by 25bp in May amid falling inflation, but a surprise jump in April CPI to 3.5% has clouded the outlook, prompting markets to expe…”
50
Most major economies closed out 2024 with sluggish manufacturing momentum and relative stability in services activity, with the US remaining the key outperformer overall
“Reversal reflects deteriorating confidence among manufacturers and reports of rising costs”
50
Tariffs are dampening both manufacturing and services activity in the US and exacerbating existing weakness across Europe
“The manufacturing sector has weakened dramatically across Europe”
2-2.5%
Central banks continue to garner the confidence of market participants, as inflation expectations stabilize within the range of 2-2.5%
“Central banks continue to garner the confidence of market participants, as inflation expectations stabilize within the range of 2-2.5%”
4%
Inflation unchanged in January—higher energy charges contributed most; manufacturing and services sentiment improves; consumer confidence strengthens, and unemployment declines
“Inflation remains unchanged in January; consumer confidence improves; industrial production strengthens”
49.2
January PMIs for manufacturing and services both post slight rises; new social financing surges; consumption during Spring Festival sees significant growth; food prices drag down consumer prices.
“January PMIs for manufacturing and services both post slight rises; new social financing surges; consumption during Spring Festival sees significant growth; foo…”
3.95%
Consumer and producer prices continued to deflate, while new credit surged in January; PBOC (central bank) further lowered the interest rate in February
“On February 20, the PBOC announced a 25-basis-points cut in the 5-year LPR, to 3.95%—the largest interest rate cut since this reference rate was introduced in 2…”
53.1
Both services and manufacturing PMIs climbed this month, driven by increased production and job creation
“Unemployment continued its downward trend; both PMIs increased significantly.”
50
Business activity momentum remains weak but generally stable or improving in the US and Europe, while Japan and Australia are seeing further deterioration
“Feeble demand in the manufacturing sector contributed to PMI reaching its lowest level since May '20”
50
Business activity downturn eased slightly in November across Europe, with UK and Ireland showing signs of expansion
“New orders in November dropped in Italy, Spain and France while downturn slowed for Germany, UK and Ireland in (relative to recent 3-month average)”
60
India continues to show the strongest growth momentum within Asia-Pacific, while conditions deteriorated further in Australia
“In Australia, both manufacturing and service sectors recorded sharper contractions in new orders as conditions remained weak”
50
Manufacturing growth remains mixed across Southeast Asia, with Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines continuing to outperform others
“Singaporean firms saw new business growth towards the end of 2023, driving higher overall activity and faster employment growth”
50
Saudi Arabia's growth continues to flourish while Turkey and Colombia struggle
“Business activity in Saudi Arabia's non-oil private sector economy remained robust in November, driven by a sharp rise in client orders and output amid continue…”
50
Labor markets may be at a turning point as employment growth continues to decelerate in all major geographies
“Europe witnessed a marginal contraction in employment for the third consecutive month”
50
Softening demand and ongoing declines in new orders in the UK and Europe have shortened supplier delivery lead times and eased backlogs
“Faster delivery times reflect greater supply availability and fewer bottlenecks, helping manufacturers to clear backlogs”
2.6%
BANK LENDING CHALLENGES: NL SMES PAY ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAN PEERS
“Overall, NL SME bank loan interest levels are slightly higher than peer countries.”
3-4%
Sequential inflation momentum is still not subsiding, even as base effects continue to bring down the headline inflation rate
“Barring outright month-on-month price declines going forward, there is a high chance that inflation does not fall below 3-4% by year-end”
54
Mid-month readings of business activity health in March showed further improvement, but do not capture likely impact of rising financial stress in second half of March
50
Consumer-facing industries trended upward in February while real estate, energy and utilities remain in contraction
“Real estate, energy and utilities have been in contraction as prices correct”
50
Tightening financial conditions continue to weigh on US demand while Europe and Asia remained resilient
“Financials continue to underperform in US due to high input costs, lack of new orders and work backlogs”
50
In the US, Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods continue to struggle; growth momentum for Consumer Services and Industrials turned positive in February
“Consumer services output has expanded for the first time after 7 months”
50
Recreation, Software, and Retail industries are driving growth in Europe; Chemicals and Utilities continue to struggle
“Output growth improved across major European economies, moving into positive territory (relative to recent 3-month average) in Germany, France, UK and Italy”
60
Consumer-focused sectors lead growth in Asia-Pacific, with India and China showing strongest growth momentum
“Asia-Pacific continued its bright start to 2023 with most sectors recording growth”
50
Other emerging markets lost growth momentum, while Saudi Arabia extended its gains
“Saudi Arabia's business activity continues to expand, reflecting strong new orders”
50
Global labor market stability continued in February across most sectors and major economies
“Continued employment strength in services sector will be a key to watch in 2023 as wage pressures in those industries could lead to stickier inflation”
5.0%
[Advanced economies]: In the advanced economies, US inflation edged down to 5.0% with energy prices contributing to this decline; however, the Fed is likely to continue with a rate rise in May. Eurozone inflation slowed to 6.9% in March (8.5% in February), and the ECB estimates inflation will reach 2.8% by the end of 2023.
5.0%
Fed’s latest economic growth projections for 2023 and 2024 decreased to 0.4% and 1.2% respectively; inflation edges down to 5.0%, with energy prices contributing to its decline; Fed likely to stick with raising interest rates in the upcoming month
-30
High inflation continues to drag on consumer sentiment but shows signs of recovery; manufacturing deteriorates while the services sector expands; business sentiment improves
“Inflation dropped slightly in March; consumer and business confidence improve; industrial production weakens slightly.”
50
Services PMIs rose further in March; manufacturing PMIs declined but were still in the expansion zone; stock indexes slightly gained value
6.1%
GDP outlook for FY 24 declines; inflation ticked down to 6.1%; manufacturing sector in record expansion of 21 months; India in search of new export avenues
“Industrial production expanded in February; consumer inflation ticked down; manufacturing sector expands for 21 straight months.”
4.65%
In March, consumer and business confidence grew; trade expanded and inflation eased; the unemployment rate rose slightly
“In March, inflation fell; consumers' and producers' expectations rose, while the unemployment rate increased.”
126
Southeast Asia has been facing economic headwinds, but consumer confidence is rising again
4.0%
Trade deficit increased by 23%; Federal Reserve breaks ten-meeting streak of rate hikes by not changing the federal funds rate, while inflation touches 4.0%.
“Trade deficit increased by 23%; Federal Reserve breaks ten-meeting streak of rate hikes by not changing the federal funds rate, while inflation touches 4.0%.”
6.1%
Eurozone trade again in deficit; headline inflation down to 6.1%, while food prices remain high; EC approves €8.1 billion for microelectronics and communication technologies
“The EC approved €8.1 billion ($8.7 billion) in public funding to support an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on Microelectronics and Commun…”
8.7%
Inflation stuck at 8.7% in May; Bank of England raises key policy rate to 5%; labor market remains tight but shows signs of easing; latest GDP projections indicate modest growth in 2023 and expansion of around 1% in 2024.
“UK inflation stuck at 8.7% in May, while core inflation (which excludes the price of energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco) increased to 7.1%—the highest in 31 yea…”
3.94%
In May, consumer confidence rose, inflation continued to decline, and the unemployment rate decreased
“May recorded higher imports and exports; inflation and unemployment continued to go down.”
3.5%
Global manufacturing sector remained stable in July, while some slowdown in expansion was also visible in services (continued)
“The authors estimate the unfilled economic gap at 4 percent of GDP per year globally, or $40 trillion, cumulatively through the decade.”
5.3%
EA trade balance broke into surplus; headline inflation was down to 5.3%, while core inflation remains high; EU reaches 90% gas storage target ahead of winter
“The eurozone trade deficit increased substantially in April, but in June trade broke into a surplus of €23 billion (up from a -€0.3 billion deficit in May).”
60%
Reduction in input costs boosted manufacturing PMI, while a decrease in demand weighed on services PMI
“According to the Genial/Quaest poll, there has been a rise in President Lula da Silva's popularity due to economic feel-good factors.”
55%
Low-income and Gen X respondents have the lowest confidence in Germany’s current state of the economy
36%
Low-income and elder consumers have the lowest confidence in their country's future economic recovery
10%
UK businesses are under severe pressure.
“The widely applauded response to the pandemic raised expectations of how quickly and efficiently businesses could reinvent themselves.”
5.7%
Most investors expect inflation to remain elevated through 2023 year-end, with a median rate of 5.7% expected for year-end 2022 and 3.8% for 2023 and 2024
“4% of investors expect inflation to normalize by 2022 year-end vs. 20% in June 2022 and 40% in March 2022”
11.2%
Vancouver's unemployment rate has grown along with other Canadian cities over the past 4 months
30%
COVID-19 has increased employment disparity between groups
“High school graduates in BC have ~50% higher unemployment rate when compared to university graduates”
57 million
Safeguard our livelihoods: Assessing and responding to the economic impact of the crisis
“The macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 could exceed anything since the end of WWII.”
14.5%
Unemployment has also been unevenly distributed, with youth unemployment more than double the general rate of unemployment
“The University of Melbourne estimated that if not for JobKeeper, unemployment would have been 11.7% in April, in contrast to the 6.4% official figure”
15-25%
The drop in economic activity has led to an increase in unemployment, further compounded by the Syrian migrant crisis
“No reliable data exists on Lebanon’s labour force and employment levels”
4-6%
Unemployment rate would also drop from 20-25% to 4-6%
“~15 p.p.”
12.1
Veterans are returning home and are currently an untapped resource
“Veterans cite "finding a job" as the greatest challenge to transitioning back to the civilian world (over 69% of veterans cited this concern)”
54.3
3.7%
“Consumer sentiment remained upbeat in January as the economy added 253,000 net new jobs, with annualized inflation decreasing, and interest rates unchanged belo…”
10.1%
“The UK is one of only two G7 countries predicted by the IMF to contract in 2023.”
4.65%
“Inflation continues its downward trajectory; Lula da Silva completes his first 100 days as president, but faces important challenges ahead.”
20.8%
“China's economy slowed in May. Growth in industrial output, fixed-asset investment, and housing sales revenue decelerated; exports and imports contracted compar…”
117.0
6.8%
98.3
“Consumer Confidence Index has experienced significant fluctuations during the las two years, explained by the Catalonian political and social crisis, the intern…”
6%