The backbone of the 2024 Global Forecast Series is a massive database created by the VC team, featuring 700+ expert predictions.
We’ve never done this before but after several requests, we’ve now decided to make the full database of predictions available to VC+ members.
Now is your chance to dig into all of the predictions for the year ahead via Google Sheets (which you can also export as an Excel file)—at no additional cost!
The U.S. Stock Market: Best and Worst Performing Sectors in 2022
The markets in 2022 were characterized by a lot more pain than gain.
In the U.S., the Fed hiked interest rates seven times. Globally, central banks raised interest rates for the first time in years in order to combat surging inflation. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s COVID Zero ambitions threw markets and supply chains into further disarray.
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Countries by Share of the Global Economy
As 2022 comes to a close we can recap many historic milestones of the year, like the Earth’s population hitting 8 billion and the global economy surpassing $100 trillion.
In this chart, we visualize the world’s GDP using data from the IMF, showcasing the biggest economies and the share of global economic activity that they make up.