MacroEconomics—A Global Perspective

Reviews and Analysis of A Changing Landscape

of Global Trade, Commerce, and Investment

GDPs | Imports-Exports | FDI Flows | Trade Balances

Study of Economic Data & Trends

The Growth of Mobile Payments and Virtual Banking—A Global Perspective

Mobile Payments, Virtual Banking, and other modes of mobile transactions - both at consumer and commercial level, are growing globally at an ultra fast pace — more so in China and Asia Pacific and...
US Global Trade & Top Trading Partners | Year-to-Date

Since hitting the peak in November 2018, U.S. global trade deficit in goods and services has been on the decline. But, the declining trends in both Imports and exports...
US Gross Domestic Product: 2019—By Quarters

Real US GDP increased at an annualized rate of 2.1 percent in the 3rd quarter of 2019—that was up from the second quarter. Real gross domestic income (GDI)...
Foreign Direct Investment Inward Flow in The US—A Global Perspective

The Inflow of FDI in the U.S. was up by US $50 Billion in the 3rd quarter of 2019. FDI plays an essential role in the economic growth, creating jobs, and driving exports...The tables present...
GDP—Computing Methodologies

With the perspective of charting course for the expansion of business or investment, an analytical review of the ‘real value’ of a nation’s/region’s GDP is essential. To this end, an understanding of the methodologies used in...
New Global Business Order—The Global Information Stage

Whatever the business be, it has to be ready to play on the Global Stage. It is the global arena. The Supply-and-Demand chain is global. ..There is no business that can be considered as purely a...
Freight Forwarders | Role in Global Commerce

Freight Forwarders specialize in taking care of the entire process for their shippers | from warehousing to the shipping of their merchandise. They act as an agent and intermediary...
Top 50 Container Ports in The World

Large Capacity & Super Busy Container Ports in a country are the pointers of country’s economic potentials...Bulk of the world trade in goods—more than 90% of it...
Top Freight Forwarders by Country

Large scale ‘local area’ Freight Forwarders listed here, through their contacts and arrangements, also provide services on a global scale. Their main strength though lies in...
The Belt and Road Initiative & Made in China 2025

Riding high on the fast tracks of the Belt and Road Initiative, Made in China 2025 is rapidly making inroads into the countries... Fierce competition from Chinese companies...

MIC 2025 || The Changing Landscape of Chinese Economy

It was in 2015 that China unveiled its Made in China 2025 (MIC 2015) project. Since then, Chinese economy is metamorphosing and changing at a breakneck pace...
Top Global Freight Forwarders

Most of the Top Global Freight Forwarders listed here serve all the major ports across the Globe, and, through relationships with their business partners, also provide a full suite of...
Global Foreign Direct Investment—Inward Flow

A comprehensive and historical Global FDI Inward-Flow Data spanning the period of 2000—2018. The data is compiled by grouping and associating a variety of economies together; by the state of...
Chinese Economy | A New Phase

The new phase of economy in China is an opportunity for the businesses. The emphasis is now on raising the living standards of masses, implementing supply-side reforms, and opening up...
Real GDP | Nominal GDP vs GDP PPP

In evaluating and analyzing global investment opportunities and, also in the business decision making process, we need to know the actual comparative state of the economies of various countries and...
Global Real GDP Growth Rate—And Forecast

Real GDP provides an inflation-adjusted measure that reflects the true value of all goods and services produced by an economy in term of real value of...
Foreign Direct Investment—Impact and Analysis

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an important role in the development and growth of any country’s economy - especially the developing countries. But, in actual practice...
Foreign Direct Investment and Business in China

China is establishing itself as the Model Destination for FDI inflow and a hub for corporate relocation and R&D...
Belt and Road Initiative—Objectives & Achievements

As of the end 2019, the BRI — a project to interlink the global economies with China, includes 140 countries—encompasing more than 2/3 of the world’s population. The trade on BRI is...
US Trade in Goods with China

In 2019 US imports from China dropped more than 12.5 percent to US$456 billion (Source: United States’ Census Bureau ) while China’s imports from the US dropped to US$122.7 billion...