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English-speaking Caribbean faces economic uncertainty

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CARIBBEAN

The island economies are highly vulnerable to natural disasters and external events

The pandemic has worsened global cooperation prospects

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INT

Economic stagnation and employment or livelihood crises are most feared by executives surveyed worldwide

Non-financial risks may spur the next financial crisis

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INTERNATIONAL

Asking 13,000 business leaders their top risks to doing business shows that non-financial fears are rising in importance

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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INT

Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Total foreign firms leaving Russia will rise further

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RUSSIA

A compulsory bureaucratic bottleneck and a 50% discount on the sale price have slowed down firms’ departure

Joblessness will rise as job-save policies are unwound

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INT

Policies have reduced the damage COVID-19 has done to Western job markets but these temporary schemes have to be unwound

Reducing evasion is key as business taxes race lower

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INT

President-elect Donald Trump aims to "cut business taxes massively" as the US corporate tax rate is the G20's highest

The looming pensions crisis requires policy attention

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INT

Straining pension systems, 25% of people in high-income nations will be aged 65 or more by 2040, twice the share in 2000

Flatlining incomes to slow African poverty alleviation

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AF

Economic expansion is insufficient to provide for fast-growing populations