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The Decisive Podcast: Insights and analysis to empower confident decision-making. — 309 episodes
The Age of Agility: Midyear Signals for 2026
Uneven Demand, Tight Supply: Navigating the Next Procurement Challenge
DRAMageddon: What AI Demand Means for Gaming Hardware Supply Chains
From Free Trade to Managed Trade: The Next Phase of USMCA
Resilience Tested: What's at Stake for the US Economy
How AI Investment Is Influencing Labor Dynamics
PMI in Focus: Stockpiling and the Shadow of Stagflation
Fake IDs on the High Seas: How Bad Actors Evade Detection
State of Shock: Economic Impacts of Middle East Conflict
Governance Stress Tests: Key Elections in 2026
How Supply Constraints Are Defining Electronics Pricing
Risk On: The Macro Environment for Moving Metals Prices
Logistics Finds a Way: Lessons in Supply Chain Resilience
Critical Minerals at a Crossroads: Navigating Supply, Demand, and Geopolitics
PMI in Focus: Turning Timely Economic Signals Into Strategy
Cooling, Not Crashing: Analyzing the US Labor Market
Ballots and Balance: Asia's Shifting Political Map
Resilience in the Global Economy: Growth Amid Volatility
Mapping Geopolitical Volatility: Global Impacts From Venezuela and Iran
Agentic AI Gives Data a Voice in Supply Chain Management
Stablecoin Adoption: The Next Wave
Federal Reserve in Focus: Rates, Risks, and the Road Ahead
Taking Costs Out, Putting Value In: Shipping Strategies in Focus at TPM26
Fiscal Fragilities in the Global Economy
Top 10 Insights Shaping the 2026 Economic Outlook
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like... the Economic Outlook for US Consumer Spending
Optimism and Uncertainty: The 2026 US Economic Outlook
The Age of Agility: Key Themes for 2026
PMI in Focus: Global Business Outlook and AI Sentiment
Frequently Asked Questions About the Global Economy
Charting a New Course for Asia's Shipbuilding Powerhouses
Reshoring Potential: Indonesia and Malaysia in Global Supply Chains
Mapping Political Volatility: Elections, Unrest and Instability in Key Regions
Forecasting the US Economy in Uncertain Times
New Pathways to Economic Growth in Emerging Markets
Evolving Military Strategies: Insights from the Middle East and Ukraine
Gear Up for Price Pressures in Machinery and Equipment
PMI in Focus: Economic Signals in the Middle East and Asia
Inflation Dynamics in an Uncertain World
Zombies at Sea and Other Deceptive Shipping Practices: Maritime State of Play
Searching for Value Amid Uncertainty: A Sneak Peek at Inland 25
Wired Together: ASEAN Economies and Electronics
A Mid-Year Check-In on the Global Economy
PMI in Focus: Inflation Insights and Expectations for 2026
Takeaways on Tariffs Following July 9 Developments
Strategic Opportunities: Flipping the Script on the Risk Story
MENA in Focus: Potential for Conflict and Cooperation
Happier Berth Days: Why Congestion at the World's Ports Matters
Shedding Light on the Shadow Fleet
Reduced Speed Ahead: Outlook for the US Economy
Drilling Down Into Sector-Specific Tariffs
What's at Stake in Tariff Negotiations
PMI in Focus: Tariff Impact in Asia, UK Labor Market Trends
How AI Is Influencing Shipping and Supply Chains
Domestic Discontent: Election Aftermath and Upcoming Polls
Tariff Impact: Trade Relations, Supply Chains, Prices and Economies
PIERS Review: Anchoring Decisions in Trade Data
Trade Tensions: How the EU Could Respond to U.S. Tariffs
Global Macroeconomic Themes: Navigating Policy Changes in a Dynamic World
Hot Topics in Shipping and Supply Chains: Tariffs, Taxes and More
PMI in Focus: Navigating Uncertainty in Trade and Tariffs
Global Security Hotspots: Impacts on Marine Cargo
Takeaways from TPM25: Tariffs, trade and geopolitical risks for shippers and carriers
Economic Angst: Canada's Faceoff on Trade
Navigating Sanctions: Insights on Trade Compliance
Trump's first 100 days: Outlook and potential impact
Under Construction: Industry Outlook and Themes for 2025
Elusive Alliances: Russia, Ukraine, NATO and Trump
Global macroeconomic insights: The US and Mainland China
Buyers Beware of Potential Tariff Troubles
Trade and Immigration in Trump's Second Era
Top 10 Economic Insights for 2025
Power plays: Themes for 2025
2024 in Review: Supply Chain Resilience, Resource Security and Logistics Rewired
2024 in Review: Economic Fault Lines
2024 in Review: Geopolitical Reordering
Port A to Port B: Get Ready for The World's Biggest Container Shipping Conference
PMI in Focus: Global Economic Trends and Consumer Sentiment
The Global Economy: Region by Region
Supply Chains for the Energy Transition
2024 Holiday Sales: Trick or Treat?
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Labor's Long Road
Made in Europe
The G20 in a Disjointed World
Previewing the 2024 Inland Distribution Conference
PMI in Focus: Trade trends and political uncertainty
India's Demographic Dividend
How US Monetary Policy Works
Supply Chains Get Schooled
Remodeling the home improvement market
Spilling the tea on the coffee trade
Global macroeconomic themes
Container Port Performance Index
Election impact: UK Parliament
Election impact: France and the Olympics
PMI in Focus: Midyear pulse check, reshoring, outlook survey
Metal mayhem in the supply chain
Insights from the US Macroeconomic Outlook (Q2 2024)
Election impact: South Africa
India's election impact: Insights and analysis
Mexico's election impact: Insights and analysis
Monetary policy: Different narratives
Monetary policy: Pivots and prospects
The world's fastest growing economy: 10 minutes with an expert
PMI in Focus: Update on inflation and a new PMI survey
Banking risk update for emerging markets
The state of semiconductor supply chains
Economic impact of armed conflicts
Reshoring Challenges
Logistics and transportation: 10 minutes with an expert
Steel markets: 10 minutes with an expert
Global food security: Inflation impact and government responses
Global food security: The food supply chain and El Nino's impact
PMI in Focus: Insights on Romania, supply chain, and more
The global cocoa trade
Five elections to watch in 2024
US economic predictions in an election year
Logistics rewired: The world's largest ocean container shipping event
Regional construction outlooks for 2024
Global construction outlook for 2024
Labor market outlook for 2024
Supply chain resilience
Geopolitical reordering in 2024
Top 10 economic predictions for 2024
A disjointed world: Themes for 2024
Swings in US interest rates
Deceptive shipping practices
Water stress and the 2024 sustainability outlook
PMI Insights: A look at the Americas
Monetary policy moves in Central Europe and Central Asia
Commercial and residential construction in Europe
Global construction outlook update
Political change in South and Southeast Asia
A consumer carol: Outlook for US holiday spending
Supply chain outlook for Q4 2023
Russia's economy today
High interest in home improvement
PMI Insights: Extreme weather impact
Sustainability at sea: Port performance and emissions
A bigger BRICS
Critical minerals in sub-Saharan Africa
A long war in Ukraine
Nearshoring to Mexico: The supply chain story
Nearshoring to Mexico: Operational insights
Nearshoring to Mexico: The big picture
Supply chain outlook: Right place, right time
PMI Insights: Divergent trends in goods and services
NATO in the spotlight
Housing markets in focus: Asia-Pacific
Housing markets in focus: MENA and sub-Saharan Africa
Housing markets in focus: The US, Canada and Europe
Brazil's political and economic outlook
Turkey's election: What Erdogan's victory means
India's global ambitions
Investigating industry credit risk in times of economic instability: BONUS EPISODE
PMI Insights: Evolving trends in sub-Saharan Africa
Global construction outlook: 10 minutes with an expert
Ghosting sanctions with a shadow fleet
Ripple effects of recent bank failures
US economic insights: Black swans, inflation and more
Supply chain outlook: A year of two halves
Global security hot spots
The global economy: Recessions averted or delayed?
Europe's economic resilience
Analyzing the US China trade relationship
Critical minerals and geopolitical risks
South African economy: 10 minutes with an economist
South African politics: 10 minutes with an expert
Russia - Ukraine War, One Year On
PMI Insights: Inflation trends, China re-opening, top 10 indicators
Labor pains in 2023
The New Pragmatism
Top 10 economic predictions for 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa 2023 outlook
The secret ingredient for electric vehicles
Lula returns: The policy outlook for Brazil
Purchasing Managers Index: Stocks of finished goods and a new data set
Hosting COP27 Showcases How Africa is Handling Climate Change
Tool time? The outlook for the home improvement market
Inflation and inventories: Two trends shaping US holiday sales
Energy Prices and Availability as Winter Approaches
The impacts of conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa
Zeroing in on attractive construction markets
Insight from our Purchasing Managers' Index data: Australia, Taiwan and more
Higher metals prices are likely in 2023
Mexico's nearshoring potential
Managing price volatility in commodities contracts
Stagflation ahead? Understanding the drivers and impacts of higher inflation
Inflation and unrest in sub-Saharan Africa
Timber! Lumber prices fall from historic highs
Inflationary pressures in the Sub-Saharan Africa region
The Age of Food Scarcity
Cyber risks today
Lockdowns and labor issues – the next wave of PMI insights
The power of politics: The influence of global elections in 2022
Have metal prices reached a melting point?
Sub-Saharan Africa: Recovery interrupted?
Ripples and waves - February signals broad-based improvements
Electrical machinery: The next challenge in supply chain disruption
Commodity pricing pressure: Top down and bottom up
Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional vulnerability to rising interest rates
Geostrategy 2022: Risks on the Horizon
Irregular migration
Pressure at the ballot box: Critical elections in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chemical reactions: Buying conditions in 2022
A Year of transitions: Top-10 Economic Predictions for 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa challenges for 2022. Could it be more challenging than 2021?
Get your money's worth: Using PMI data to assess currency valuation
Tariff redux: Section 232
Hey big spender: Infrastructure
Semiconductor shortage: Examining the data behind the bottleneck
Why establishing a Social License to Operate practice is critical
Afghanistan and what it means for transnational Jihadi terrorism
The economic impacts of climate change
Beyond banking - The possibilities provided by block chain technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
How complete is your risk profile? Looking at LNG projects in Mozambique and Tanzania
Help wanted: Global labor shortages and disruptions
Climate shifts: Unrest, policy, and growth
Out of stock – Manufacturing in South East Asia
Zambia's election outcome
What goes up for machinery...may not come down?
Tunisia's struggles
What our global manufacturing surveys are telling us
Semiconductor shortages cause ripples across markets
The economic impact of unrest in South Africa
The future of Afghanistan
Ethiopian election - Impacts to ongoing conflict and economic growth
The impact of the Delta Variant in Southern Africa
Realistic Disaster Scenario - What if Latin America sees a surge in violent unrest?
Volatility in building materials - A classic supply and demand story
Consumer outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
Realistic Disaster Scenarios: Iran regional war risk
Commodities may have reached their peak - Looking at the signals
Implications for Mozambique's insurgency in the northern Cabo Delgado province
What's next for the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) region?
Supply chain issues compound as freight woes continue
COVID-19 outbreak in India
COVID-19 Vaccine rollout across the Middle East and North Africa
Covid-19 vaccine rollout across Europe
Lumber climbs sky-high
The geopolitical challenges of COVID-19 vaccine delivery: Sub Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa debt relief - Is the international community doing enough?
Sovereign level ESG in Latin America
Steel markets - The big picture
Covid-19 vaccine rollout across the Asia-Pacific region
Box and board packaging prices feeling pressure
China's Economic Outlook in the Year of the Ox
Supply Chain Diversification: Trade opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa
Geopolitics of Covid-19 Vaccine role out: Latin America
Chinese bond defaults - It's not the monetary size that matters
When will APAC economy recover? A regional outlook for 2021
Supply chain disruptions - Continued shortages in materials and labor
Covid-19 pandemic trajectory - What you need to know
Steel price outlook - Markets in turmoil
Cargo and supply chain disruptions in Mexico
Banking sector risks to watch in 2021
Commodity prices in 2021 for key chemicals, plastics, and metals
Indonesian banking sector outlook
Current state of the global metals market
Fiscal austerity, the IMF, and the G20: Holding off another lost decade?
Where economic trends are heading
Capital Market trends
What's happening in labor markets across Europe?
Asia Pacific economic outlook shocks and impact on supply chains
All that's silver is not gold... or is it?
Lumber carrying its weight in price
New policies for the Indian banking sector
Brexit is coming
Beirut Port Explosion- Impact, Outlook for Lebanese Economy & State Failure Risk
USMCA free trade agreement one month in
The economic outlook for India in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak
Rising Insecurity Across The Middle East
Emerging market issuers push debt maturity
Complicated time for buyers—steel and nonferrous metals taking divergent tracks
Banking sector stress in emerging markets, the next wave of the COVID-19 fallout
Risk intelligence - Understanding what's happening amidst the noise of information flow
Sustainability-Linked Bonds
The impact of COVID-19 on the healthcare industry and policy decisions
Charismatic leadership during COVID-19
The economic impact of lockdown on the Asia Pacific economy
Changing labor market and wage outlook in the wake of COVID-19
The Lebanese Banking Sector - COVID-19's first financial sector casualty
Country vulnerability and how this influences capital markets
How low can metals prices go?
Post COVID-19 debt sustainability
Emerging market sovereign default risk - and international moves to avoid them
Escalating economic shockwaves from Covid-19 in the Asia-Pacific region
European Green Deal - Weathering Covid-19
COVID-19 - Is a recession ahead?
Q1 2020 Healthcare Forecast
Lebanese government and banks change strategy as anti-bank sentiment escalates
Impact of Covid-19 on global employment and labor markets
Capital Markets Weekly - Market sentiment taking a turn for the worse
Bolivia's electoral candidates
Capital Markets Weekly - A split week
Capital Markets Weekly - A high appetite for hybrid and perpetual debt
USMCA-The real story for the US Economy, Mexican politics, and the automotive industry
Population growth continues to downshift in most states
Capital Markets Weekly-Emerging market issuance during January reached USD118 billion
Capital Markets Weekly-France & Greece continue long-dated issuance
The Downing of Flight 752-How we uncovered what happened and what it means going forward
Kenyan cabinet reshuffle
Leave no stone unturned - Leverage the combined power of nowcasting and forecasting
Capital Markets Weekly - Emerging Market Sovereigns enjoy "deal rush"
US-China Phase-one Trade Agreement - Welcome news for the Asia Pacific region?
USMCA, labor rates & auto industry: Understand what's really going to happen
Indonesia's new labor legislation - Risks from union dissatisfaction
Capital Markets Weekly- Highly-active primary markets continue, display seasonal factors