Strengthen your strategy with independent and actionable policy and economic analysis
In a global environment that’s changing every day, navigating complex business models and shifting public policies demands clarity and agility. Leaders across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors are making decisions that shape the future. They need to be confident in the directions they take.
Our Economics and Policy team provides independent, credible analysis and clear, actionable advice that you can rely on. And it’s tailored to your goals—whether you’re identifying global trends and analyzing the risks and opportunities they create for your organization, advocating for policy change, optimizing investments, or demonstrating the socio-economic impact of your business to stakeholders. For every project, we assemble a team to match your unique needs—combining economists and policy advisors with industry specialists, statisticians, data scientists, tax and accounting professionals, and finance and modeling experts. And by tapping into our global consulting network, we bring international insights that help you act on emerging risks and seize new opportunities.
Our multidisciplinary approach delivers nuanced, trustworthy insights that go beyond the numbers—equipping you to navigate uncertainty and seize strategic advantage.
Partner, National Economics Leader
As governments and other stakeholders are increasingly influential for business, organizations need to understand the full economic, environmental, and social impacts of their initiatives to make informed decisions and meet stakeholder expectations. Our data-driven impact analysis evaluates the footprint of programs, projects, entities, and industries, so you can align your strategy with the priorities of governments, investors, communities, and other key stakeholders critical to your long-term success.
Rapidly shifting regulations and market dynamics can complicate decisions—understanding the policy landscape helps you stay ahead. We combine rigorous economic analysis with strategic insights to help you anticipate, influence, and respond to evolving policies that affect your organization.
We go beyond traditional what-if scenarios to provide comprehensive assessments of regulatory risks, opportunities, and implications across local, national, and global levels. By integrating stakeholder mapping, scenario planning, and competitive benchmarking, we align policy insights with your business strategy so you can shape the policy and regulatory environment around you.
Navigating volatility requires more than hindsight—it demands foresight. We provide advanced scenario planning, horizon scanning, and trend analysis so you can anticipate emerging economic, geopolitical, technological, and policy shifts—locally, nationally, and globally. Our experts turn broad trends into tailored, actionable insights specific to your organization, empowering you to make informed strategic decisions. By combining rich data sets with expert judgment, we help you spot disruptive threats and breakthrough growth opportunities so you can design resilient strategies that consider multiple futures.
In a complex and fast-moving world, understanding the macroeconomic environment is critical to shaping your investment and operational strategy. We provide deep analysis of global and regional economic trends, policy shifts, and market risks so you can make confident business decisions and guide your organization’s performance. Whether you’re developing a multi-year plan, submitting forecasts to third parties, entering new markets, managing cross-border investments, or optimizing supply chains, our macroeconomic intelligence gives you context and augments the credibility of your forward-looking perspectives.
A global skill shortage continues to be a major obstacle to growing the economy. Understanding your workforce supply and demand dynamics is critical to talent planning and economic growth. We provide tailored labour market analysis and insights into labour supply and demand trends, skills gaps, and demographics based on your region, industry, and proposed project. We combine robust data analytics with stakeholder engagement to uncover current and future workforce challenges and opportunities. By providing clear insights into hiring needs, skill shortages, and workforce development priorities, we empower you to design targeted policies, training programs, and recruitment strategies that strengthen your talent ecosystem and support your sustainable competitiveness.
Building resilient and inclusive economies requires strategic planning backed by economic analysis and local insight—with a well-informed view of what’s ahead. We work with governments, regional authorities, business associations, and investment organizations to design evidence-based economic development strategies that stimulate growth, attract investment, and create sustainable jobs. We examine industry trends, workforce capabilities, infrastructure needs, and global market dynamics to spot competitive advantages and growth opportunities. By combining data-driven analysis with stakeholder engagement and policy evaluation, we help you build actionable roadmaps that drive prosperity and deliver social impact in your region or sector.
Litigation risk is rising as complexity grows across sectors and jurisdictions. We provide credible testimony rooted in economic principles and backed by statistical analysis to increase the fact base. We support you in complex legal disputes—including class actions, competition law, “but for” impact assessments, economic damages, and trade disagreements—helping you build stronger, evidence-based cases while mitigating your reputational and financial exposure.
In an era of endless data, precision and focus help you unlock value. We develop tailored econometric models so you can better understand and quantify the drivers of the metrics that matter most to your business—like revenues and costs. Our econometric analysis gives insights into demand dynamics, price elasticity, cost structures, and market reactions to major events—turning complex data into strategic insight that strengthens your decision-making and helps you drive competitive advantage.
National Leader of Economics & Policy Practice, PwC Canada
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