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The company is trying to attract more middle-class Kazakhstanis to undertake foreign travel, having announced on April 1 the start of a new economy sleeper class route from Astana…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199792
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The authorities investigated over 200 leading healthcare figures between January and mid-November, compared to just twelve in 2019-22. They may be seeking to combat illegal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284135
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Services including healthcare, entertainment and travel flourished while the share of housing in overall consumption fell, reflecting property-market troubles. Markedly lower…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285173
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This was the lowest since 1976, excluding 2.2% in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic started. In the last quarter of 2022, GDP expanded by 2.9% year-on-year, slowing from 3.9% the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275915
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The rate of decline has slowed in recent months, but household demand remains weak. Consumer optimism is more positive than in many other countries hit by the pandemic, but…
In human terms, these indicators represent lost income, financial insecurity and a fall in present and expected future living standards. The wave of protests last month…
Household consumption in China.
The government's latest GDP expectations for 2016-19.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214023
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The pace and structure of consumer spending influences China’s ability to lift global growth as it imports more. Longer term, consumption matters to living standards in China and…
In Greece, a country of 10 million people, 114 patients are in intensive care for COVID-19, of whom 35 are breathing through tubes (‘intubated’). The vulnerability of the…