CONSULTANCY

Bespoke economic analysis, tailored to your needs

Each consultancy engagement draws on Capital Economics’ award-winning proprietary forecasts, specialist economists and modelling capabilities to address your specific situation.

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Our capabilities

The questions we help organisations answer

Macroeconomic scenarios and stress testing

What could a recession, inflation shock or geopolitical disruption mean for your organisation?

Explore how alternative economic, political and geopolitical developments could affect your organisation, markets or portfolio. We develop tailored scenarios and translate them into implications for demand, revenues, costs, asset performance and risk.

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Business planning and strategic forecasting

How will economic and sector trends affect demand and performance across your markets?

Bring independent economic evidence into corporate strategy, financial planning and resource allocation. We develop forecasts at country, regional, city and sector level, connecting macroeconomic conditions and industry-specific drivers to business performance.

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Transactions and due diligence

How could the economic and sector outlook affect your investment thesis?

Strengthen transaction decisions with independent analysis of the markets, demand drivers and risks surrounding a target. We combine proprietary forecasts, scenario modelling, risk assessment and relevant industry data to challenge key assumptions and provide a robust evidence base for investment committees.

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Economic impact assessments

What is your organisation’s contribution to the economy?

Quantify the contribution of your organisation, industry or investment to the wider economy. Our analysis can measure direct, supply-chain and employee impacts on GDP, employment and tax revenues, alongside wider productivity, social and environmental benefits.

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Policy appraisal and advocacy

How would a change in policy affect your organisation, industry or region?

Build a robust, independent evidence base for policy engagement and advocacy. We assess the economic and fiscal impacts of existing policies and new proposals at international, national, regional or local level, using bespoke modelling, scenario analysis and cost-benefit analysis. We complement the quantitative work with primary surveys, in-depth interviews, desk research and literature reviews to develop a compelling case for policymakers, the media and wider audiences

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Thought leadership

What do you want your stakeholders to understand?

Create independent research that strengthens your organisation’s authority and engages the audiences that matter to you. We produce original, co-branded and white-label analysis tailored to your subject matter, reporting cycles, brand and intended audience.

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Macroeconomic scenarios and stress testing

What could a recession, inflation shock or geopolitical disruption mean for your organisation?

Discuss this with our team

Business planning and strategic forecasting

How will economic and sector trends affect demand and performance across your markets?

Discuss this with our team

Transactions and due diligence

How could the economic and sector outlook affect your investment thesis?

Discuss this with our team

Economic impact assessments

What is your organisation’s contribution to the economy?

Discuss this with our team

Policy appraisal and advocacy

How would a change in policy affect your organisation, industry or region?

Discuss this with our team

Thought leadership

What do you want your stakeholders to understand?

Discuss this with our team

Explore our Consumer Insights service

Our Consumer Insights service turns our macroeconomic forecasts into a view of consumer demand that’s relevant to you. The subscription combines quarterly reports, monthly updates, spending forecasts and access to our economists. Tailoring focuses on an Executive Summary highlighting issues relevant to your business and selection from available report sections covering the spending categories that matter to you.

Consumer spending rarely moves in step with the wider economy. Our approach connects Capital Economics’ macroeconomic forecasts with analysis of household finances, explaining how drivers such as incomes, inflation and interest rates affect consumer groups and spending categories and what this means for you.

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Cases Studies

Transforming insights into action

Global private equity due diligence

Quantifying iwoca’s Impact on SME Growth

PepsiCo – Strategic Supply Chain Planning Amid Macroeconomic Uncertainty

Multinational Insurance Firm – Market Entry Strategy for Egypt

Consumer Goods Company – Forecasting Market Demand Through Economic Modelling

Margetts – Enhancing Fund Strategy Through Targeted Macroeconomic Insight

How we work with clients

Every engagement is designed around your objectives, timelines and intended use. A dedicated team works closely and transparently with you throughout, providing clarity on progress and enabling the flexibility to adapt as priorities evolve.

Tailored and flexible approach

We begin by understanding the question you need to answer, the context behind it and how the findings will be used. We translate this into a clear scope, approach, set of outputs, timeline and fee, agreed upfront.

Deep and joined up expertise

A dedicated point of contact coordinates the project and draws on input from relevant country, sector, financial-markets and modelling specialists where required. This gives each engagement access to Capital Economics’ wider expertise while maintaining clear ownership and continuity throughout.

Open and objective analysis

Our work combines Capital Economics’ proprietary forecasts, established models and independent economic judgement with relevant public and client data. Regular discussions and draft material keep you close to the analysis, allowing you to challenge assumptions and refine the emphasis as the work develops.

Clear and actionable insights

We tailor the content, level of detail and format to the intended use and audience. Deliverables can range from data, models and dashboards to executive briefing notes, board presentations and publication-ready reports, supported by the economists who conducted the analysis.

Who you work with

Meet our consultancy team

Grant Colquhoun

Chief Consultancy Economist

Grant leads CE Consultancy, with more than twenty years in applied macro across industry, commodities and China. Previously at Oxford Economics and CRU.

Andrew Evans

Deputy Chief Consultancy Economist

Andrew has over ten years building evidence-based economic cases for investors, private equity firms and businesses, across due diligence, policy appraisal and strategic planning.

Alexandra Dreisin

Head of Modelling

Alexandra heads CE's modelling work, building the scenario and stress-testing frameworks behind consultancy engagements. Previously at SLJ Macro Partners and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Paul Ashworth

Chief Data & Modelling Economist

Paul leads CE's Data and Modelling team and has run the Toronto office since 2007. Joined CE in 2001 from NIESR. Named WSJ Forecaster of the Year.

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What happens next:

1. We will read your enquiry and get back to you within one working day

2. We will organise a scoping call to discuss your question, timelines and desired outputs

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