Ezra Greenberg

1 month ago | mckinsey.com | Sven Smit |Shubham Singhal |Olivia White |Ezra Greenberg

Amid tariff uncertainty and a possible recession, the world needs a new base of balance and trust to create a thriving economy. Business has a vital role to play. A global system of full economic integration—the aspiration of decades of negotiations and the worldwide underpinning of corporate strategy—has never been fully realized. The latest round of global trade talks sputtered to an inconclusive end in the early 2010s.

Jan 16, 2025 | mckinsey.com | Ezra Greenberg |Kelsey Robinson |Olivia White |Tamara Charm

In McKinsey’s latest ConsumerWise research, consumers report feeling more optimistic about the US economy than they have all year. Even so, US consumer optimism overall is still lower than prepandemic levels, and more than half of consumers (53 percent) report mixed feelings or being pessimistic about the state of the economy. For decades, consumer sentiment and consumer spending have moved in sync—when people feel unsure about the economy, they spend less.

Jan 13, 2025 | mckinsey.com | Ezra Greenberg |Kelsey Robinson |Olivia White |Tamara Charm

In McKinsey’s latest ConsumerWise research, consumers report feeling more optimistic about the US economy than they have all year. Even so, US consumer optimism overall is still lower than prepandemic levels, and more than half of consumers (53 percent) report mixed feelings or being pessimistic about the state of the economy. For decades, consumer sentiment and consumer spending have moved in sync—when people feel unsure about the economy, they spend less.