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Debate deepens among stagnationists and technologists

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INTERNATIONAL

Secular stagnation.

Ageing will drive social care demands in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Latin America’s population is ageing rapidly amid declining birth rates and rising life expectancy. This is driving a need for urgent action to prevent demographic changes…

Mexico’s Pemex will retrench in a bid to survive

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MEXICO

While such losses are enormous, they are far less than then 41.4-billion-dollar loss seen the previous year. Pemex has recorded 17 consecutive quarters of financial losses, with…

Mexico’s population growth potential may be missed

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MEXICO

Economic growth has been meagre for decades despite increases in the working-age population.

Demographic dividend has been wasted in Brazil

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BRAZIL

In much of the world, COVID-19 has exacted a heavy toll on young people, who saw their education disrupted and were frequently the first victims of the impact on labour markets…

China’s elderly care sector will grow

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CHINA

The surging growth in the elderly population has increased care needs at a time when economic and social change has put more onus on the state to provide or support care. Although…

Slow population growth will pose challenges in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The demographic survey also revealed that the centre-west -- whose economy is largely powered by the long-booming agribusiness sector -- is growing more quickly than any other…

New IGR will add to concerns about labour productivity

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AUSTRALIA

The Labor government brought forward this IGR, which appears only two years after the 2021 edition rather than the usual five, suggesting that its multi-decade perspective would…

Long-term viability of Mexico's Pemex is uncertain

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MEXICO

The recent plunge in oil prices has set back the opening of the energy sector enacted by the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto, making investment in the industry less…

Rousseff's Brazil reforms risk running onto the rocks

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BRAZIL

President Dilma Rousseff is seeking economic reforms and fiscal adjustment to increase Brazil's international competitiveness, focussing on improving infrastructure, human capital…