Economic Intelligence
Real-time clarity. Tailored advice. Smarter strategy.
Dcode Consulting’s Economic Intelligence services deliver more than just reports—we provide the insights and consulting support you need to act decisively. From macroeconomic monitoring to scenario planning and business-impact analysis, we help you decode Egypt’s dynamic economic environment and translate signals into strategies.
What We Offer
Macroeconomic Monitoring & Forecasting
- Monthly Reports (Decoding the Egyptian Economy): Clear, visual updates on inflation, interest rates, investment flows, and market sentiment.
- Scenario-based Forecasting (Egypt Economic Outlook): In-depth forward-looking reports using Dcode’s macroeconomic models.
Economic Policy Tracking
- Economic alerts and commentary on new laws, ministerial decrees, budget developments, IMF reviews, and tax reforms.
- Highlights from Egypt’s evolving investment and trade frameworks.
Executive Briefings & Special Reports
- Special reports on high-impact developments (e.g. inflationary waves, rating changes).
- Executive briefing report (In the Know) highlighting the latest developments.
- FX Monitor: Currency assessments tailored to your exposure (Upon developments).
Inflation & Cost of Living Insights
- Groundbreaking cost-of-living studies tailored to higher-income professionals.
- Designed to support private sector compensation planning and HR decision-making.
Consulting & Advisory Support
Beyond reports, Dcode provides hands-on consulting to help you understand, prepare for, and respond to economic change.
We work with private sector leaders, public institutions, and development partners to:
- Assess how macroeconomic shifts affect business models and sector performance
- Conduct benchmarking of policy and regulatory frameworks
- Develop strategic communication tools and custom presentations for board-level and leadership strategy sessions
Our clients frequently engage us to support:
- Quarterly or annual business strategy cycles
- Major investment decisions and market entry/exit analysis
- Stakeholder engagement and advocacy planning grounded in data (Linked to Public Policy & Advocacy Service)
Whether you're managing pricing, sourcing, or policy risk, our team can work directly with you to craft tailored solutions that make sense of the noise—and give you an edge.
Use Cases
From Guesswork to Confidence — How Dcode’s Economic Outlook Became a Strategic Anchor
Client(s): Multiple Multinational Corporates and Development Institutions
Challenge:
Before working with Dcode, many of our clients struggled annually with the same challenge: building a credible strategic plan without a reliable view of Egypt’s economic trajectory. As the year-end approached, strategy and finance teams scrambled to compile free outlooks from media articles, banks, and multilaterals. They manually averaged inconsistent forecasts on inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates, often relying on rough assumptions to plug into their planning models.
This process was not only time-consuming—it lacked analytical rigor, failed to reflect the Egyptian business environment, and left executives unsure of the assumptions behind their own numbers.
Dcode’s Role:
Through our Egypt Economic Outlook & Scenario Analysis Report, Dcode transformed this annual task into a data-backed, context-specific, and scenario-informed exercise. Leveraging our proprietary macroeconomic model and deep understanding of Egypt’s fiscal, monetary, and political context, we provide:
- A base case forecast for key indicators (inflation, interest rates, FX, GDP)
- Scenario analysis showing how external shocks or policy shifts might affect the economy
- Strategic commentary tailored to Egypt’s operating and investment environment
We also engage directly with clients to interpret results, tailor forecasts to their business sector, and align timing with their strategy cycle.
Impact:
Instead of spending weeks reconciling conflicting reports, clients now begin their planning cycle with a single, trusted economic baseline. This has resulted in:
- Faster internal alignment on assumptions
- More coherent strategy decks and board presentations
- Greater confidence from regional and global HQs in Egypt’s planning inputs
As one client put it: “We used to spend more time debating the assumptions than building the strategy. Now we start with Dcode and move forward.”
Subscription + Advisory Packages
Our economic intelligence can be accessed through:
- Standard Subscriptions – Reports, infographics, alerts, and briefings
- Advisory Retainers – Custom consulting support, meeting briefings, board presentations..etc.
- On-Demand Consulting – Project-based analysis and custom forecasting models (e.g. for inflation and FX)
