Simona Plonyte Senior Data Consultant
vilnius
English, Lithuanian
About Simona
Simona is a Senior Data Consultant at Euromonitor International. She is based in the company's Vilnius office,
Expertise
Simona advises clients on all household/population income distribution related topics and specialises in generating customised datasets as per client requests. Simona is responsible for modelling and forecasting data for Euromonitor's Passport offering, at country and city levels, in addition to working on the company's Consumers Income and Expenditure dashboards.
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Trump Tariff Shifts: What They Mean for Businesses and Global Markets
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US-Iran Agreement Signals Fragile Economic Stabilisation
26 Jun 26The US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, signed on 17 June, marks a pivotal shift from disruption to stabilisation — consistent with Euromonitor's central scenario, which anticipated conditions beginning to ease in mid-2026. However, the deal is a starting point, not a resolution. Mines, fragile confidence, and infrastructure damage mean full recovery of Strait of Hormuz shipping flows will take months. Energy costs and supply chain pressures will ease gradually, while uncertainty remains elevated.
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Global Economic Outlook for Q2 2026: Growth Redefined by Energy Shock
8 Jun 26The blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a consequence of the US/Israel-Iran war, has emerged as the defining economic disruption of 2026. The impact extends beyond energy markets: rerouted shipping, airspace restrictions and disrupted exports of petrochemicals and fertilisers have raised freight and input costs globally, reducing margins and exposing the depth of vulnerability in energy importing and trade-dependent economies.
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