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US healthcare cost falls will boost competitiveness

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US/CANADA

Rising healthcare costs have been one of the main downward pressures on wage growth in the United States

Labour trends upset traditional employment patterns

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INT

The pandemic has changed -- permanently or temporarily -- how people think about work

Demographic trends will shape economic prospects

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INT

Transforming the world economy by 2040, working-age population growth will come almost entirely from lower-income states

Problems of obesity will spread in the EU’s east

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EU

EU member states in the east are failing to tackle the growing problem of populations defined as overweight

Wealth shifts across ages will exacerbate inequalities

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INT

Huge wealth transfers from those currently over 60 to the under-60s in the coming decades will have broad implications

COVID-19 will hold back longer EU life expectancy

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EU

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the trend adding years to average life expectancy, especially in the eastern EU

COVID-19 threatens long fiscal shadow for US states

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UNITED STATES

Due to COVID-19 business lockdowns, states’ projected tax incomes have fallen

Many middle-income states face a fragile recovery

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INT

The G20 summit pledged vaccine equity to help low-and-middle-income nations, but not broader economic commitments

Greece will struggle to reverse ‘brain drain’

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GREECE

Net emigration of Greek nationals is slowing, but weak economic fundamentals are pushing out others, too

Overcoming the ‘middle-income’ trap is getting harder

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INT

Population ageing makes it harder for the major emerging markets (EMs) to overcome the so-called ‘middle-income’ trap