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🏆 Announcing the 2025 FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards for the Monetary Sector 🏆

We’re excited to unveil this year’s top-performing institutions in the Monetary Sector, covering Inflation, Exchange Rate, and Interest Rate forecasts. These awards recognize the analysts who demonstrated outstanding accuracy and insight in a year marked by monetary policy shifts, currency volatility, and persistent inflationary pressures.

👏 Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to the nearly 400 institutions who contributed forecasts this year. Your expertise helps shape smarter decisions around the world.

🔗 See the full list of winners: https://lnkd.in/dF9V7fKi

🎉 Celebrating 25 Years of Economic Insights! 🎉

This year, FocusEconomics proudly marks its 25th anniversary! Since our founding in 1999, we've been committed to providing trusted, timely economic analysis and forecasts to businesses, investors, and policymakers around the world.

Over the past quarter-century, we've grown into a leading provider of economic intelligence, covering 198 countries with expert insights that help our clients make informed decisions in an ever-changing global landscape.

As we celebrate this important milestone, we want to thank our clients, partners, and colleagues for their continued support and trust. Here’s to the next 25 years of helping organizations navigate the future with confidence!

See the evolution of our daily forecasts for the Federal Reserve's policy rate. Get more info on our daily updates here:
https://www.focus-economics.com/solutions/daily-updates/

See this snapshot of our latest forecasts for Colombia's GDP growth in the wake of a recent trucker strike.

Latin American economies have very different fiscal outlooks for next year according to our panelists.

Our analysts see a notable fiscal deficit in Eastern Europe in the coming years, which could complicate the region's plans to double down on nuclear energy output. Read more: https://www.focus-economics.com/regions/central-and-eastern-europe/

Check out this snapshot of our panelists' forecasts for Ukraine's war-battered economy: https://www.focus-economics.com/countries/ukraine/

Our Consensus Forecasts for the Middle East and North Africa have been reduced dramatically so far this year. Find out more: https://www.focus-economics.com/regions/middle-east-and-north-africa/

New commodities are now available via our online FocusAnalytics platform, including Asia liquified natural gas. Prices for the commodity are set to follow closely those for European natural gas, with the two regions competing for cargoes from top exporters including Qatar and the United States. Request a free trial: https://www.focus-economics.com/free-trial/

Dubai oil is one of the new commodities available via our online FocusAnalytics platform. Our Consensus Forecast suggests prices for the fuel are set to trend downward in the coming quarters. Request a free trial here: https://www.focus-economics.com/free-trial/

Chinese steel prices are seen on a downward trend in the upcoming quarters as the Chinese property sector remains in the doldrums. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dR3Ffive

Lithium prices should recover some ground in the coming quarters, supported by healthy demand from the electric vehicle sector, where lithium is a key input to manufacture batteries. That said, prices will remain below last year's highs due to a rapidly expanding global supply. Find out more: https://www.focus-economics.com/commodities/