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Five Continents — Economic Intelligence

🌎$28.8T

North America

The world's largest single-country economy, Canada's resource wealth, and Mexico's manufacturing renaissance

GDP Growth2.8%
Inflation3.2%
Unemployment3.9%

KEY ECONOMIES

United StatesCanadaMexico
Full briefing
🌍$23.1T

Europe

The EU's single market navigates energy transition, defence spending pressures, and German industrial contraction

GDP Growth0.9%
Inflation2.6%
Unemployment6.1%

KEY ECONOMIES

GermanyFranceUnited KingdomItalyScandinavia
Full briefing
🌏$38.2T

Asia-Pacific

China's uneven recovery, India's demographic dividend, Japan's inflation awakening, and Southeast Asia's supply chain shift

GDP Growth4.6%
Inflation2.1%
Unemployment4.3%

KEY ECONOMIES

ChinaJapanIndiaSouth KoreaAustralia
Full briefing
🌍$4.6T

Middle East

Gulf states diversifying beyond oil, sovereign wealth reshaping global capital flows, and regional geopolitics driving risk premiums

GDP Growth3.4%
Inflation4.8%
Unemployment5.9%

KEY ECONOMIES

Saudi ArabiaUAETurkeyIsrael
Full briefing
🌍$3.1T

Africa

The continent's fastest-growing markets, commodity super-cycle exposure, and the race to capture the demographic dividend

GDP Growth3.8%
Inflation18.2%
Unemployment7.4%

KEY ECONOMIES

NigeriaSouth AfricaEgyptKenyaEthiopia
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