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US interest in unionisation is tentative but growing

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UNITED STATES

The union represents some 340,000 workers at UPS, the largest US package delivery company. The United States is experiencing a rise in strikes and work stoppages espite low union…

Foreign workers will ease Japan’s labour shortage

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JAPAN

Near-stagnation in wages is difficult to reconcile with reports of a very tight labour market in which firms struggle to hire. The answer lies partly in much higher levels of…

Wages weigh on Japan’s monetary policymaking

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JAPAN

The time may be right to move on from what was designed to combat deflation, and attention is being given to wages for guidance. However, rising prices are not feeding through…

Brazil's auto sector faces multiple challenges

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BRAZIL

Disruption in global supply chains first and, more recently, slow demand recovery have prompted large automakers to cease production temporarily and to put employees on collective…

Dependency ratios overstate economic impacts of ageing

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INTERNATIONAL

The standard measure of the challenge -- the ratio of the non-working-age population to those of working age -- can vary considerably from the actual number of non-workers to…

Canada needs more corporate green investment

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CANADA

Canada’s gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), meaning investment in tangible fixed assets, shows higher growth in investment by government and households since 2000 than by the…

More US states to contest corporate diversity efforts

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UNITED STATES

Some 15 Republican states have passed or are considering legislation to ban or limit DEI programmes at institutions receiving state funding, including universities and colleges…

China cracks down on its financial sector

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CHINA

The authorities have also pressured many financial entities into cutting pay and benefits and carried out broad reforms of financial regulators. These moves may be part of…

Japan's GDP growth will settle after 'great reopening'

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JAPAN

Exports are near all-time highs. Prices have risen solidly for three successive quarters, indicating that Japan's period of deflation and weakly rising prices may be ending.

Partnerships between AI firms and militaries will grow

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INT

However, recent trends and developments in the AI industry also point towards these same tools’ potential to serve valuable defence purposes, including threat detection, enhanced…