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Metros labeled as "college towns" have consistently seen steadier yet often lower job growth than the US average over the...
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Tokyo is easily the largest Asia Pacific city by GDP, but the big four Chinese cities are catching up. We...
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Long-term forward rates have risen markedly in the US, eurozone, and UK over the past year, and now stand well...
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China is confronting the impact of a profound demographic shift on labour force growth and the economy, after official data...
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Growth in the labour supply in advanced economies has been significantly weaker since the start of 2020 than prior to...
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Japan's labour force has increased due to rising labour participation by females and seniors, despite a decline in the working-age population. However, hours worked per capita have been...
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Africa’s greatest potential asset is its youth – the population of those younger than 25 years is set to more...
Consulting Report
Published at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, this report explores three possible scenarios for how the Ukraine...
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What’s the future for inflation? Joachim Nagel, the new president of Germany's central bank, believes the rapidly ageing global population...
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Households' financial surpluses sharply increased in 2020 and remained high in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. Most of the...
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In 2021, there were 16 Urban Economic Powerhouses in the world (cities with GDP greater than $500bn), but none were...
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In the next two decades, the world’s 900 major cities will experience a combined population increase of nearly 600 million...
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Though the scale of December’s fall in retail sales came as a nasty surprise, it was not simply an Omicron...
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A strong outturn for November took the output measure of GDP above its pre-pandemic peak. Given GDP is likely to...
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Our Watchlist 2022 looks at developments that could potentially become the main African themes of next year. We look at...
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Climate change is expected to have a significant impact on Africa. Therefore, the continent's preparation in expectation of further global...
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Although Africa's carbon footprint is currently relatively small, the continent is severely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Therefore,...
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Foreign militaries, especially those from the US and France, have invested enormous resources in battling Islamist militancy in Africa, but...
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Academic work has established that a mature workforce (one in which the 40-49-year-old cohort is large) has a positive impact...
The coronavirus pandemic has realigned home and work life across the world. Lockdowns have forced many employers and their workers...
