With a minor 2% decline forecast, the 2017 insolvency outlook for advanced markets is stable. However, tighter access to financing and political uncertainty are putting pressure on businesses. This may be the reason why most respondents in Western Europe seem more inclined to sell on...
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After an increase of almost five percentage points in 2016, the percentage of overdue B2B invoices in Eastern Europe decreased again this year (41.5%). Despite the positive outlook, more Eastern European respondents expect an overall deterioration than an improvement in the payment behaviour of their...
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After a minor increase from 47.6% in 2015 to 48.4% in 2016, the percentage of overdue B2B invoices appears to be flattening out, rising to 48.8% in 2017 [wpdm_package id='9690']...
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The Atradius Payment Practices Barometer for Asia Pacific gives insights into the key factors for customer payment delay, challenges to business profitability, and the respondents’ opinion on payment practice trends by industry in the next 12 months[wpdm_package id='9686']...
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Global trade has experienced a broad upturn in 2017. Countries with an open economy stand to profit the most from this. However, this stimulus may not persist in 2018, argues Atradius in its November Economic Outlook [wpdm_package id='9681']...
Read MoreEconomic growth Belgian economic growth should amount to 1.6 % both in 2017 and 2018 European economic activity has so far proved to be more robust than expected in the wake of the Brexit referendum. After a decrease of the real GDP Growth in 2016 from 1,5...
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Dun & Bradstreet just published its second edition of the Global Bankruptcy Report Download the report ...
Read MoreCountry Overview GENERAL INFORMATION: Population is 95,584,286 (2017) Area 331,210 sq km GDP US$ 215.9 billion (2017, estimate) GDP - composition by sector: (2016, estimate) Agriculture: 17% Industry: 39% Services: 44% AGRICULTURE : Rice, coffee, rubber, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas; poultry; fish, seafood INDUSTRIES ...
Read MoreArticle reproduced from the following Source : Euler Hermes Economic Research, 2017 . "Economic momentum accelerating at last In 2016 Italian GDP grew by 0.9%. Domestic demand – supported by favorable financing conditions, tax incentives aimed at boosting business investment and solid employment growth – was the...
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The Brazilian economic reached the end of 2016 in a dramatic situation and the overall perception of investors and executives is that the economic crisis is not really over yet, somehow contradicting the perception that during the course of 2017 the country would see the...
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