Press Releases

Fitch Named One of The World’s Most Accurate Economic Forecasters

Press Release / Global / Wed 15 Jun, 2022

Fitch Group – London – June 15, 2022: Fitch Group has confirmed its status as one of the world’s most accurate economic forecasters – scooping a total of 181 accolades for Fitch Solutions and Fitch Ratings in the annual FocusEconomics 2022 Analyst Forecast Awards.

Each year the Awards recognise the top three economic forecasters by accuracy for a host of individual economic indicators across 100 countries. Awards categories for forecasts made over 2021 include GDP, Inflation, Exchange Rate, Fiscal Balance, Current Account and best Overall market forecast, as well as forecasts for commodity prices. A total of 350 institutions and 1,500+

Fitch Solutions Operational Risk Index Remodeled as Accessible Alternative to World Bank's Doing Business Report

Press Release / Global / Fri 18 Feb, 2022

Fitch Solutions – New York and London – 18 Feb 2022

Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of data, research and analytics, today launched a revamped and enhanced Operational Risk service – providing an immediately accessible alternative to the now-discontinued World Bank Doing Business report.

The remodeled Fitch Solutions Operational Risk Index provides an objective and data-driven assessment of the ease of doing business across 201 markets, enabling users to quantify and compare business environment risks to their investments, supply chains and day-to-day operational activities.

The Operational Risk Index is also used in Fitch

Fitch Solutions Picks Up Top Economic Forecaster Awards

Press Release / Global / Fri 04 Jun, 2021

Fitch Solutions has been named one of the world’s most accurate economic forecasters – scooping a total of 58 accolades in the annual FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards.

Each year the Awards recognize the top three economic forecasters by accuracy, for a host of individual economic indicators across 90+ countries, as well as commodity prices. A total of 350 institutions and 1,500+ economists submit their forecasts to FocusEconomics each month.

In a turbulent 12 months for the global economy, the Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research team was cited widely as a Top 3 Forecaster for 56 economic indicators across dozens of

Fitch Solutions Launches Infrastructure Data and Market-Leading Project Risk Metric

Press Release / Global / Thu 08 Apr, 2021

Fitch Solutions - New York and London - 08 April 2021

Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of data, research and analytics, has released its enhanced Infrastructure Key Projects Data (KPD) together with a Project Risk Metric that enables users to quantify and gauge infrastructure project completion risk.

The KPD is part of the Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research service and provides in-depth project information for 36,000 energy, utilities, transport and social infrastructure projects with a combined value of $17 trillion.

The KPD covers infrastructure projects across 200 markets and gives users access to crucial information

Fitch Solutions Makes Strong Showing in FocusEconomics' Analyst Forecast Awards 2019

Press Release / Global / Thu 30 May, 2019

Fitch Solutions-London-30 May 2019: Fitch Solutions is pleased to announce that it has been named amongst the most accurate economic and commodities forecasters globally at FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards 2019.

FocusEconomics is a global provider of economic analysis and commodity price forecasts. It ranks core macroeconomic and commodity price forecasts from 350 institutions and 1000+ economists who submit forecasts to FocusEconomics each month. Each year FocusEconomics announce the top forecasters for the year, based on the accuracy of their forecasts.

In total, Fitch Solutions was named top forecaster for macroeconomic indicators

Fitch Solutions Launches Macro Intelligence Solutions as part of Strategic Growth Plan

Press Release / Global / Mon 30 Jul, 2018

Fitch Solutions – Singapore/New York/London - 30 July 2018: As part of its strategic growth plan, Fitch Solutions today announced the launch of its Macro Intelligence Solutions which integrates BMI Research into the Fitch Solutions content suite and combines Fitch Ratings credit insights with BMI expertise, providing clients with one authoritative voice for credit and macro intelligence.  

“The full integration of BMI Research is a key milestone for Fitch Solutions.  The addition of BMI’s 150 expert analysts to the Fitch Solutions offering is a further step forward in our strategy to expand our content portfolio, invest in our macro

Global economic and political order to become notably multi-polar by 2050

Press Release / Global / Tue 10 Apr, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT), digital and low carbon economies, shifts towards a multi-polar economic and political world order are some of the industry, political and economic megatrends that will shape the 21st century through 2050, according to a new report. Our report, "Towards 2050: Megatrends In Industry, Politics And The Global Economy 2018 Edition," examines how these trends will evolve and looks back at what has changed since the first edition of the report was published in 2016.

"There will be no single paradigm to define the coming era," said Yoel Sano, Global Head of Political Risk. "By 2050 we can expect to see the emergence

Global Electric Vehicles Sales to Grow Fivefold in 10 Years

Press Release / Autos / Global / Thu 01 Mar, 2018

Electric vehicle (EV) sales will top 5.1 million units by 2027 and account for 5% of global car sales, according to new 10-year forecasts from BMI Research, a Fitch Group Company. The new forecast data set provides granular sales and fleet forecasting across 52 countries where electric vehicles are sold for both battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV).

“EV is a nascent industry, and it’s no surprise that developed markets with strict fuel economy standards lead market coverage, but these markets don’t always have the highest adoption rates,” said Anna-Marie Baisden, Head of Autos Analysis. “In 10 years, sales of