Global Scans · Deloitte · Weekly Summary

• The Federal Reserve forecasts 2.3% real GDP growth for 2026, and Deloitte projects 1.9% with downside risks. Pin
• Deloitte identifies data quality, integration, and modernization as the foundation without which AI underwriting cannot reach its productivity potential. AI Business Weekly
• If Mexico fully captures the broader nearshoring opportunity, Deloitte projects it could add 3% to national GDP and create 1.1 million jobs over five years, with manufacturing output alone contributing an extra 2.4 percentage points. Alcor Recruitment & EOR for Tech
• (Deloitte) Younger professionals are using AI beyond basic productivity: 79% of Gen Zs and millennials use AI to identify learning opportunities, while 72% of Gen Zs and 69% of millennials use it for career advice. SeoProfy
• If Deloitte and Google are right and Spain eventually reaches 110 million annual visitors, redistribution will become more than a marketing objective. Travel Tomorrow
• Repeated surveys, by Autotrader, Deloitte and others, put underlying demand well below the headline figures at around 10% to 13% - a long way from the mandated targets of 33% in 2026, 38% in 2027 and 52% by 2028. SMMT
• Deloitte predicts a fourfold increase in agentic AI adoption in manufacturing by 2026 (from 6% to 24%). Dataiku
• The standard answer is that AI copilots solve the workforce problem, and there's something to it: Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute project US manufacturing could need 3.8 million new workers by 2033, with 1.9 million roles potentially going unfilled. Automation.com
• Carriers starting AI implementation today can recover 3-5 points of combined ratio within 36 months per Deloitte and BCG estimates, compared to only 1-2 points for carriers starting in 2028 once competitive benchmarks have moved. AI Business Weekly
• (Deloitte) 30% of retailers use AI for supply chain visibility, and that share is expected to reach 41% within 2027. SeoProfy
• Deloitte forecasts inflation will remain above 4% for the rest of the year, with trimmed mean inflation the RBA's preferred measure not expected to fall below 3% until 2028. The Silicon Review
• By 2026, 30% of enterprises will no longer view standalone identity verification checks as reliable in isolation, and Deloitte estimates that generative AI could drive total fraud losses in the U.S. $40 billion by 2027. Identity Week
• Deloitte projects US GenAI fraud losses could reach $40 billion by 2027, up from $12.3 billion in 2023. Trusona
• Deloitte highlights that inference workloads (running AI models) will dominate compute usage in 2026, driving massive investment in data centers and infrastructure (Deloitte). MHO Blog

Last updated: 01 November 2026