Understand how the current economic landscape — including inflation, trade dynamics, and consumer health — is impacting the restaurant industry. Our economists leverage Mastercard’s secure, aggregated and anonymized transaction data and proprietary forecasting models to deliver insights into evolving trends across the sector.
Watch the recording of our Q3 webinar, hosted by Mastercard’s Chief Economist and Head of the Mastercard Economics Institute, Michelle Meyer, and Lead Economist Nick Bunker where they:
- Explored how macroeconomic conditions are affecting restaurant performance
- Shared forecasts for the restaurant industry and its subsectors using Mastercard insights
- Provided actionable economic analysis to support strategic decision-making
Speakers:

Michelle Meyer Chief economist and head of the Mastercard Economics Institute

Nick Bunker Lead economist, North America