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Global tensions will spur value chains rethink

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Firms are rethinking their strategies on global value chains, which may change markedly in years to come

US pipeline hack to make ransomware risks a priority

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US Colonial Pipeline’s operations have yet to be restored after last week’s crippling ransomware attack

CBDCs would redirect remittances from cryptos

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Major remittance recipients are seeing a surge in crypto transactions

High food costs will strain households well into 2024

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The UNFAO global food price index has fallen for 17 months but food prices remain far higher than 2013-20

ASEAN integration will drive e-systems demand

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ASEAN

With a young population and integrating economies, e-government and e-commerce systems demand will grow in ASEAN

Coronavirus will hit tourism-driven economies’ growth

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Outbound Chinese tourists totalled 150 million in 2018, up from 10 million in 2000, and they spent 277 billion dollars

Uneven vaccine roll-outs will widen recovery gaps

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Budgetary, logistical and political constraints will shape what economic recovery path individual countries can adopt

Pandemic will alter the apparel sector permanently

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The pandemic has altered consumption patterns and deepened environmental concerns in this vital economic sector

Bullish and bearish China growth view is reconcilable

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CHINA

China analysts are diverging between those growing more negative on the long-run prospects and those remaining bullish

Cocktail of crises to scar the global economic outlook

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INTERNATIONAL

A global recession now looks as likely as not after the IMF warned that the “worst is yet to come” for the world economy