Fitch Solutions Macro Research

Governments adopted on Nov 11 guidelines to further develop a United Nations-administered global voluntary carbon market. Developing more specific rules will take 12 to 18 months, says BMI.

Global tourist arrivals could decline by up to 80% y-o-y in 2020 and 25 million jobs could be lost in aviation-related sectors.

SINGAPORE (Aug 19): Meat could be a target for higher taxes, given criticism of the industry’s role in climate change, deforestation and animal cruelty, according to a report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research.

SINGAPORE (Jan 22): Fitch Solutions Macro Research says it expects the Singapore government to adopt looser fiscal policy for FY19/20 (April-March) in an effort to cushion the economic slowdown due to unfavourable global economic conditions.

SINGAPORE (Jan 11): Fitch Solutions Macro Research is suggesting a high likelihood that the US-China trade dispute will re-escalate after Mar 1, due to disagreements over a number of outstanding key concerns.