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Mexico's early reforms show mixed record

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MEXICO

Reform efforts two years on.

Outsiders are gradually getting inside labour markets

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INTERNATIONAL

Insider labour markets

Labour reform will not reduce unemployment in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Deteriorating labour market conditions are having negative economic and social effects. The unemployment rate reached 13.6% in the three months ending in April, with 14 million…

Labour reform will unlock Japan's growth potential

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JAPAN

The Abe government's economic policy.

Labour reforms will be key test for France’s Macron

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FRANCE

The labour market liberalisation sought by President Emmanuel Macron goes beyond the reform passed by the previous Socialist-led government last July, which lost some of its…

Cost-of-living strains curb Europe’s near-term outlook

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EU

Higher prices are hitting Western Europe harder than the United States or China, as the greater exposure to the Russia energy shock has been worsened by labour market and currency…

Poor productivity will weigh on Mexico’s GDP growth

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MEXICO

While the crisis damaged the economy, compounded by the lack of fiscal response, Mexico has suffered from sluggish growth for the last four decades. Productivity, on average, has…

European and US labour productivity has weak momentum

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INTERNATIONAL

Productivity gains have historically been higher in the United States than in the euro-area, but US productivity has been highly volatile since 2020. Changes in the first quarter…

Mexico's weak GDP growth will outlast Pena Nieto

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MEXICO

GDP growth shows no sign of improving in the short-term.

Changing EU employment spotlights poverty measurement

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EU

EU measures of poverty in a context of rising unconventional employment.