Lewes, DE -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/01/2015 -- Following a sluggish start of the year, the US economy is set to grow at a more rapid pace in 2015, supported by lower oil prices, a tightening labour market and improving consumer confidence. Our America Country Risk forecasts real GDP growth of 2.5% in 2015, before slightly accelerating to 2.6% in 2016. This will support growth in the food, drink and mass grocery retail sectors. Over the long term, global headwinds and a rebound in imports will cap real GDP growth below historical standards.

Headline Industry Forecasts (local currency):
- 2015 per capita food consumption = +2.1%; five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 2019 = +4.1%.
- 2015 alcoholic drinks value sales = +2.0%; CAGR to 2019 = +3.3%.
- 2015 soft drink value sales = +1.4%; CAGR to 2019 = +1.7%.
- 2015 mass grocery retail sales = +2.0%; CAGR to 2019 = +2.7%.

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Over the long term, the Indian economy presents one of the best growth stories globally. The Indian population is the second largest in the world and is forecast to continue to grow for decades. Real GDP will also grow at an average of around 6.7% to 2024, with per capita incomes rising at a similar rate.

We forecast that inflation will average around 4% over the longer term, which should be a sustainable level for the economy. We maintain a bullish long-term outlook on food consumption within the country, especially as multinationals penetrate the market with greater force and industry regulation becomes more favourable to foreign investors.

Headline Industry Forecasts (local currency)
- 2015 food consumption growth = +7.0%; compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 2014-2019 = +7.0%.
- 2015 alcoholic drink value sales growth = +13.5%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +12.3%.
- 2015 soft drink value sales growth = +17.2%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +15.6%.
- 2015 mass grocery retail sales = +9.2%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +11.3%.

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The Italian economy will return to growth in 2015 after a three-year recession. We forecast real GDP to expand by 0.7% in 2015 and 1.1% in 2016. Overall, we see the Italian and wider eurozone recovery as on track to continue gathering momentum in H215 in spite of headwinds from slowing emerging markets growth. On an annualised basis, growth reached 0.5% y-o-y in Q215, the fastest since 2011. Consumer confidence and retail sales growth have climbed to post-crisis highs despite record unemployment, as disposable incomes have been bolstered by low inflation, strong real wage growth, falling interest rates and income tax cuts.

Headline Industry Data (local currency)
- 2015 per capita food consumption = +0.1% year-on-year (y-o-y); compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 2014 to 2019 = +0.9%
- 2015 alcoholic drink value sales = +0.7%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +1.4%
- 2015 soft drink value sales = +0.4%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +1.9%
- 2015 mass grocery retail sales = +0.3%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +1.1%

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Singapore has one of the highest levels of food consumption in the region, which effectively eliminates the possibility of substantial industry growth in the short or medium term. This is illustrated by our modest sales growth forecasts for a majority of sub-sectors to 2019. Nonetheless, we believe that the Singaporean alcoholic drinks market has not reached a saturation point yet and holds significant growth potential over our forecast period.

Headline Industry Data (local currency)

- Total food consumption growth year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2015: +1.9%; compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 2019: +2.1%

- Per capita food consumption growth (y-o-y) in 2015: +0.1%; CAGR to 2019: +0.4%

- Alcoholic drinks sales growth (y-o-y) in 2015: +3.9%; CAGR to 2019: 5.1%

- Soft drink sales growth (y-o-y) in 2015: +3.2%; CAGR to 2019: +2.1%

- Total mass grocery retail sales growth year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2015: +2.4%; CAGR to 2019: +3.0%

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