Economic and Employment Perspective: A Long View
We can gain perspective, hope and justified confidence by taking a satellite view of the economic and employment world over a century or more.
Corporate Decision Making: COVID-19 Market Fundamentals Part 3
This article focuses on the relationship between emerging technology and industry life cycles. It also discusses competition stemming from substitute products and services.
Corporate Decision Making: COVID-19 Market Fundamentals Part 2
An article about the stresses of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially retail-based businesses facing soaring e-commerce activity and other pandemic-fueled trends.
Australia’s Changing Industry Mix
Australia’s mix of industries is constantly changing. To revisit 1960 is to get an appreciation of what the Industrial-Age economy was like.
Corporate Decision Making: COVID-19 Market Fundamentals Part 1
This article covers market fundamentals like differences between discretionary and nondiscretionary spending; durable vs. non-durable goods; CAPEX spending cycles; and volatilty.
Pandemic Economics White Paper
This free white paper from IBISWorld's Chief Economist and contributors covers four main topics that are affecting commercial banks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Insights from IBISWorld’s Chief Economist
On demand webinars & podcast-style recordings from IBISWorld's Chief Economist Richard Buczynski, Ph.D. discussing COVID-19 and its impacts on industries and economies.
Industrial Revolutions
The word ‘industry’ was once synonymous with manufacturing, while the term ‘industrial revolution’ inferred significant technological innovation.
The Changing World Order
When people look back on the COVID-19 pandemic, some will say it led to a new world order. However, the new world order emerged many years before 2020.
Home Ownership
Home ownership peaked in the late 1980s, at just over 70%, and has drifted down to two-thirds as we’ve entered the 2020s.