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AI augmentation and automation will alter job markets

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INT

AI will lift global economic productivity over the coming decades, but also transform labour markets

Emerging markets growing old faster than growing rich

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INT

Emerging markets are ageing at lower incomes than advanced markets, a policy challenge that will influence GDP prospects

Jobs look like Hungarian governing party success story

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HUNGARY

More Hungarians have been brought into the work force but the reserves are nearly used up requiring a new labour policy

Worker shortages and skills mismatches will hit growth

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INT

High youth unemployment and rising worker retirements are straining labour markets and productivity

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

Workforce shrinkage will not inevitably push wages up

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INT

Potential workforces are shrinking as populations age and labour participation falls or stagnates in major economies

ECB will ease monetary policy further on March 10

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EURO-AREA

Downside risks, tightening of financial conditions and weak inflation dynamics

EU housing will recover slowly, but divergences remain

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EU

Most continental housing markets are recovering thanks to better growth prospects, while the UK boom is cooling

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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INT

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Brexit’s focus on non-EU workers will divide business

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UK

‘Withdrawal agreement’ priority for non-EU workers will ensure immigration debate persists