Geopolitical turmoil, AI, and the 2026 industrial outlook

Geopolitical turmoil, AI, and the 2026 industrial outlook | Oxford Economics

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Tune in to hear about the prospects for growth in different regions and sectors and about the switch from quarterly to monthly global industry forecast updates.

2026 has started with a flurry of headlines and actions spanning from Venezuela to Greenland to Iran. However, fundamentals for global industrial growth have remained relatively constant; robust, world-leading growth in China that is coming at the expense of others, a eurozone struggling to generate momentum, a US that powers on somewhere in between, and, hanging over everything, an AI datacentre buildout that is turbocharging growth in related sectors.

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Speakers

Nico Palesch

Nico is a Senior Economist within Oxford Economics’ Global Industry Service where he is responsible for monitoring and forecasting developments in the transportation & logistics sector, writing industry-related reports and research notes on sector-specific and cross-sector themes and issues, overseeing and expressing the house-view on industrial developments in our monthly publications, and working on bespoke consulting projects.

Nico holds a BSc Joint Honours Political Science and Economics from the University of Ottawa and an MSc Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, achieved with distinction.

Senior Economist

Jai Patel

Jai joined Oxford Economics in 2023 as a graduate in the London office.

Since joining, he has been involved in a variety of bespoke consultancy projects and has produced and supported Economic Impact reports. Such reports include an analysis of the impact of the accountancy profession to the UK economy and an assessment of the impact of lending to UK SMEs through a commercial banking company.

Jai holds a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. While completing his studies, he undertook an internship at Ernst & Young.

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