Banking Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

Rwanda's economy maintained robust momentum in Q2 2025, with real GDP growth accelerating to 7.8% y/y from 6.5% y/y in Q1. The broad-based expansion was driven by improved performances across all sectors, with agriculture recovering from weather-related challenges. ...

Algeria’s most recent Article IV Consultation report from the IMF, and our near-term economic outlook for the country, remain broadly optimistic. However, the draft Finance Bill for 2026 paints a bleaker picture, especially concerning fiscal finances. Algeria continues to prioritise military spendin ...

Companies in this industry make unsecured cash loans to consumers. Major companies include EZCORP, FirstCash, OneMain Financial, and Sallie Mae (all based in the US), along with Orient Corporation (Japan), and Tesco Bank and Vanquis Banking Group (both based in the UK). COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand ...

We forecast the Belgian economy will expand by 1.1% this year and 1.3% next. Tariffs will lower Belgium's direct exports to the US by making them more expensive and affect demand for Belgian-produced inputs for other countries' US-bound exports. Moreover, trade uncertainty will make business ...

Following an update to historical figures, our 2025 real GDP growth forecast increases to 3.1% from 2.7% in the previous forecasting round, whereas next year’s forecast is unchanged at 3.1%. This year's anticipated slowdown in economic growth compared with last year's expansion is due to low ...

Since last month, we've nudged our 2025 GDP growth forecast down marginally by 0.1ppt to 2.3%, to reflect a more frontloaded correction in domestic demand in July, with a lacklustre rebound in August. Our Q3 growth estimate stands at -0.4% q/q, but the monthly carry-over implies risks are tilted ...

We've kept our GDP growth forecasts for Portugal unchanged at 1.9% for 2025 and 2.3% for 2026. We expect growth to receive a boost in H2 from income tax cuts and additional payments to pensioners, reinforcing disposable incomes and consumption. Increased spending under the EU's Recovery and ...

We've cut our 2025 GDP growth forecast for New Zealand by 0.7ppts to 0.7%. The slump in activity in Q2 offset the unsustainably strong growth at the start of this year. The massive monetary policy support which has been delivered over the last 12 months will lift household spending and investmen ...

We've kept our UAE GDP growth forecast at 4.9% for 2025, roughly in line with the IMF's revised expectation of 4.8%. We see the economy being driven by strong non-oil growth in key areas such as tourism, trade, and financial services, alongside a rebound in oil output as OPEC+ quotas ease fu ...

We kept our growth forecast for Finland unchanged at 0.3% in 2025 and 1.1% in 2026. After years of negative external shocks and relative underperformance, firming private demand should be the main growth driver, whereas the ongoing fiscal consolidation will be the main drag. Key downside risks relat ...

Macroeconomic Outlook Report: Netherlands Summary Financial intermediation, real estate, and business activities contributed 29.9% to gross value added (GVA) in 2024, followed by wholesale, retail, and hotels (15.6%), and mining, manufacturing, and utilities (14.6%). In nominal terms, the three sect ...

The convergence of Embedded Finance (EF) and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is redefining financial access, enabling non-bank entities to deliver payment, lending, and insurance services directly within customer experiences. The global EF market is expected to grow from USD 148 billion (2025) to USD 1. ...

PPI Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Monetary Intermediation: ISIC 651 market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to ...

Our 2025 GDP growth forecast for Peru remains unchanged at 3%, supported by resilient domestic demand. However, downside risks have increased notably amid renewed social unrest, which triggered two nationwide strikes over the past month and culminated in the impeachment of President Dina Boluarte on ...

The economy is poised to sustain much of its upward trajectory, with economic growth projected to average 5.2% p.a. over 2025-2026. Continued strength in private consumption, steady growth in the primary sector, and a swift expansion in services underpin our outlook. Over the medium term, though, ma ...

Lesotho’s textiles sector has been more resilient than previously anticipated following the initial 50% US tariff threat. Although employment in the industry declined in Q2 2025, this drop was consistent with historical trends. As a result, we expect a relatively strong economic rebound in the secon ...

PPI Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Monetary Intermediation: ISIC 651 market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to ...

PPI Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Monetary Intermediation: ISIC 651 market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to ...

The Namibian economy has performed below expectations amid downturns in diamond mining, manufacturing, and agriculture in H1 2025, but resilient growth in services and uranium has kept the economy afloat. A continued ramp-up in uranium output, improved rainfall, low inflation, and monetary easing wo ...

After a sound performance in 2024, we maintain our view that the post-pandemic recovery in tourism activity will taper off this year, with global headwinds exerting additional downward pressure on real GDP growth. Consumers in the island country's key tourism partners, the UK and Portugal, face ...

Malawi's economic woes have continued unabated since the beginning of the year. A combination of external funding cuts, depleted FX reserves, unsustainable public debt, and elevated inflation has placed the economy under immense strain. We anticipate that the Malawian authorities will resort to ...

Benin delivered a strong performance in 2024, with the latest data indicating an economic expansion of 7.5% last year. Given this momentum, we lifted our real GDP growth forecast for this year by 0.5 ppt to 6.7%. Strong agricultural output, resilient trade, and large infrastructure-led investment pr ...

Macroeconomic Outlook Report: Colombia Summary Mining, manufacturing, and utilities contributed 22.8% to gross value added (GVA) in 2024, followed by wholesale, retail, and hotels (15.8%), and agriculture (9.6%). In nominal terms, these three segments are forecast to grow by 6.7%, 7.7%, and 6.5%, re ...

We've increased our growth forecasts for Sweden for 2026 and 2027 to 2.3% and 2.2% respectively, as we've incorporated the budgeted fiscal stimulus for next year into our baseline. Incoming data show the long-awaited economic turnaround is underway, as positive real income gains, previous mo ...

We've kept our GDP growth forecasts unchanged at 0.2% for this year and 0.8% for 2026. Recent data continue to point to a soft H2 and we still doubt that fiscal policy will be a major growth driver next year. If anything, industrial data for August, released after our forecast round, points to a ...