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Emerging markets growing old faster than growing rich

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

‘Green’ tech will power industrial commodity prices

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Demand will surge for the minerals for low-carbon technologies, but supply is concentrated and will lag, raising prices

Crypto crash boosts central bank digital currencies

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The crash of stablecoin TerraUSD is the latest casualty of the ongoing upheaval in the cryptocurrency ecosystem

Global house prices have firm but fragile momentum

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Advanced markets’ average real house prices are almost back to the pre-2008/09 crisis peak; emerging markets’ are ahead

Big tech’s share of some finance segments will surge

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The network-to-activity loop lets ‘big tech’ firms gain market share quickly, but the loop may be vicious not virtuous

Non-financial risks may spur the next financial crisis

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

Services trade is crucial to emerging growth prospects

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Services trade receives far less focus than goods trade but exports of services outpaced goods shipments from 2000-16

Pandemic will accelerate the rise of digital payments

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Digitalisation of the global economy has increased the use of cashless payments worldwide

CBDCs would redirect remittances from cryptos

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Major remittance recipients are seeing a surge in crypto transactions

Digital currencies lag puts crypto investors at risk

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Some 87 countries, accounting for over 90% of global GDP, are exploring the potential of central bank digital currencies