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
· number kind plain
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Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 43 |
| establish_context | 15 |
| benchmark_peers | 12 |
| frame_problem | 3 |
| quantify_impact | 2 |
| diagnose | 1 |
43 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
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
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”
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…”
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”
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”
-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
126
Southeast Asia has been facing economic headwinds, but consumer confidence is rising again
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.”
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
117.0
98.3
“Consumer Confidence Index has experienced significant fluctuations during the las two years, explained by the Catalonian political and social crisis, the intern…”