Macroeconomic and End-use Demand and Cost Drivers

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Macroeconomics and end-use demand and cost drivers

Navigate the global economy

At CRU, we understand the crucial role that macroeconomic analysis plays in guiding business decisions within the dynamic commodity markets. Through our Economics-related services, we provide you with the essential tools needed to navigate the intricacies of the global economy and unlock valuable insights that directly impact your sector, both in terms of demand and cost dynamics. 

 

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Elevate your decision making

At CRU, we are committed to delivering customer-centric solutions that elevate your decision-making capabilities. Our macroeconomic analysis provides you with a unique advantage in understanding the global economy, enabling you to make informed choices, mitigate risks, and seize opportunities within the ever-evolving commodity markets.  

Here's how our services can be beneficial for you: 

  1. Understand where the economy is heading, globally and in your region, with detailed forecasts for all major world economies over the next five years, covering GDP, inflation, exchange and interest rates. These are updated every month.
  2. Understand where metals demand from key end-use sectors is heading, with forecasts for activity in manufacturing, construction, and automotive.
  3. Explore where the key risks and opportunities are, with a monthly slide deck – the Global Economic Outlook – setting out the narrative driving our forecasts, with links to Insights offering deep dives on specific issues.
  4. Understand the key macro drivers of your business’s costs, with forecasts out to 2050 for macroeconomic cost drivers in 33 key economies, covering the cost of fuel, power, freight, labour, capital equipment, financing and other items of opex and capex. These variables are used in our asset-level services and are updated every quarter with a concise slide deck that gives you the narrative behind key changes.
  5. Explore the mega-trends that will shape the world economy and commodity demand over the coming decades, with forecasts out to 2050 for GDP, industrial production and investment for major regions, in two different climate scenarios: our central case, with emissions on a +2.5 to +3°C pathway, and an alternative scenario with a <+2°C pathway for emissions.

Why choose us?

Discover how our Solutions enable you to unlock the power of robust, accurate, and seamless commodities data in context with insight, and help you stay ahead in these evolving markets.  

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