21 individual European country forecast reports analysing Europe's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2012, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International
The Europe Business Forecast Reports provide essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in Europe. The Europe Business Forecast Reports helps businesses with European market assessments, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in European markets and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors / CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing / Sales Directors with commercial interests in this emerging region.
Key Uses of the Europe Business Forecast Reports |
Europe's Political Outlook |
Europe's Economic Outlook |
Europe's Business Environment |
Key Europe Industry Sectors |
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Full Range of BMI's Business Forecast Reports
Key Uses of the Europe Business Forecast Reports
- Forecast
the pace and stability of each European country's economic and industry growth through end-2012
- Identify
and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in Europe, to facilitate risk
mitigation strategies
- Assess
critical shortcomings of each European country market's business environment that pose hidden barriers
and costs to corporate profitability
- Contextualise
individual European country risks against their European regional peers using BMI's country comparative
risk ratings system
- Target
business opportunities in Europe's high-growth industry sectors
- Evaluate
external threats to doing business in each European country, including currency volatility,
the commodity price boom and protectionist policies
The Europe Business Forecast Reports by Business Monitor
International include four major sections for each country:
Europe's Political Outlook,
Europe's Economic Outlook,
Europe's Business Environment and
Europe's Key Industry Sectors.
Europe's Political Outlook:
What are the political risks to doing business in Europe over the next 5
years?
BMI's Europe Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short and medium-term threats
posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making,
deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.
Europe's Political Outlook Contents
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SWOT Analysis for each European Market
Political Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats facing Europe.
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Political Stability and Risk Assessment for Europe
BMI's Risk Ratings assess explicit short and long-term risks to political
stability; latest ratings, rankings and trends for each country's risk are compared
with Europe regional and global averages.
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Current Administration and Policy-making in Europe
BMI profiles key policy-makers and power-brokers in the European government,
assessing threats to the continuity of European economic policy, and likely
changes to the business operating environment through end-2012.
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European Foreign Policy
BMI examines key trends and shifts in Europe's foreign relations and
alignments with European neighbours, the United States and Europe, focusing on
external influences.
Key Benefits
- Benchmark each European country risk profile against its neighbours, the global and
regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business
markets.
- Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the
business environment in Europe, and to your company's current operations and
future plans.
- Gain valuable insights into the government and policy-making,
through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their
exclusive network of private and public sector sources.
Europe's Economic Outlook:
How will European economic policy-making and performance impact corporate
profitability over 2008-12?
BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for Europe through
end-2012 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate European
growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including
central bank policy, on profitability.
Europe Economic Outlook Contents
The Europe Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts
for each of the European markets, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2008, 2009,
2010, 2011 and 2012 set against government views. Underpinning our
forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end-2012,
covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and
investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.
Coverage of Key Economic Issues in Europe
- Economic Activity
Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and
consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer
confidence)
- Fiscal Policy
Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government
finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
- Monetary Policy
Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation)
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Exchange Rate Policy
Currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
- Balance of Payments
Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current account balance
- Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment
climate
- External Debt
Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)
Key Benefits
- Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for each European market and
underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
- Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic
country
database, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of
private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
- Gain key insights into the current and future direction of government economic policy.
Europe's Business Environment:
How internationally competitive is each European country's regulatory environment,
and what changes can be expected?
BMI assesses levels of transparency, flexibility of labour market, tax
burden, development of the banking sector and credit availability,
infrastructure and IT, foreign investment regime and trade liberalisation in
each European market.
Europe Business Environment Contents
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Business Environment Risk Rating with SWOT Analysis
Short and long-term business environment risk ratings for each European country, benchmarked
against ratings for neighbouring countries.
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Country Competitiveness
Competitiveness of each country's business operating environment in supporting
corporate growth and profitability over the 5-year forecast horizon,
compared with regional neighbours.
Coverage of Key Business Environment Issues in each European market's Domestic Environment
Transparency, cronyism and corruption; labour market flexibility; corporate
tax burden; interest rate levels; access of private sector to lines of
credit; sophistication of banking sector and stock market; levels of
business confidence; infrastructure and IT
- Foreign Direct Investment
Analysis of foreign investment regime, foreign ownership laws;
attractiveness of business environment to foreign investors; review of major
foreign direct investments over the last 24 months, and of strategic sectors
attracting most interest
- Foreign Trade
Analysis of trading environment, government trade policy, liberalisation
measures, tariffs and
membership of trade areas
Europe's Key Industry Sectors
Which industry sectors in Europe will grow fastest, and where are the
major investment opportunities in each European market?
BMI targets investment opportunities in each European market's high growth industries,
including automotives, food and drink, infrastructure, oil and gas,
pharmaceuticals and healthcare, telecommunications and IT.
Coverage of Europe's Key Industry Sectors - Europe Market Overview
Size, value and structure of industry; impact of liberalisation and
privatisation on sector performance and prospects; friendliness of business
environment
- Latest Developments in Europe
Review of latest projects, deals, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions,
and implications for sector performance;
company rankings for national and multinational companies in Europe; main industry players by local sales, employee size, market share and main
brands, products and services
- 5-year Industry Forecast for each European
Market
Historic dataset (2003-2007) and BMI forecasts through end-2012, covering
headline industry data broken out by sub sector
Key Benefits
- Target strategic sector-by-sector opportunities in Europe's high growth
industries, attracting public expenditure and foreign investment; identify
key players and competitors driving growth, investment and business
opportunities.
- Benefit from competitive intelligence on top national and multinational
companies operating in Europe's major industry sectors, including analysis of
recent trends in sales and market share, company strategies, product
launches and latest deals.
Who buys the Europe Business Forecast Reports?
The Europe Business Forecast Reports are essential tools for CEOs,
Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors
with commercial interests in Europe.
Our Business Forecast Reports are relied upon by corporates, banks, government
departments and multinational organisations around the world.
Business Monitor International's Business Forecast Report subscribers include:
Abbott International,
Air Liquide,
Akzo Nobel,
Alcatel,
Alpha Cement Group,
Atlas Copco,
BASF,
British American Tobacco Company,
Coca-Cola HBC,
Colgate Palmolive Romania,
Deloitte & Touche,
Ericsson Telecommunications Bulgaria Ltd,
Ernst & Young,
Exxonmobil Ltd,
Heineken Brewery,
Hewlett- Packard Slovakia, S.r.o,
Indesit Company,
Microsoft Software,
Novartis Pharma Services Inc,
Omnitel,
Opus Land Development SA,
Provident Financial,
Raiffeisen Bank,
Robert Bosch Elektronika Kft.,
Siemens Srl,
Xerox Ltd
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