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Facebook seeks new users and markets as troubles mount

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INTERNATIONAL

Facebook's troubles and business response.

High numbers of unproductive firms will cut GDP growth

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INTERNATIONAL

Low interest rates and easy financing conditions in major economies have triggered a search for yield on the part of investors flushed with liquidity and this has allowed…

Tight US job market will keep monetary policy tight

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UNITED STATES

Despite fears of a recession, the US economy continues to add jobs and employers report difficulties attracting and retaining workers. Wage growth is decelerating fitfully…

Tight US job market will only suffer a mild downturn

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UNITED STATES

The US economy faces a period of slow growth and possibly a short and shallow recession, but this is unlikely to cause a significant weakening of labour markets.

The balance of power will favour US workers into 2023

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US

Last year, employee resistance, reinforced by tight labour markets, frustrated employer hopes for a return to the office. This year, employers are reluctantly accepting that…

Prospects for the United Kingdom to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for the United Kingdom.

Gender gap in technology will take decades to trim

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INTERNATIONAL

Tech gender gap.

Prospects for the euro-area to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

Tourism and other customer-facing sectors are growing solidly even though above-target inflation is squeezing disposable incomes. However, strong services activity is keeping core…

Immigration and innovation can ease EU worker shortage

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EU

Wage growth was subdued in 2022, at 2.8%, even as unemployment declined to 6.7%, as a symptom of productivity growth slowing further since the pandemic. Policy is shifting towards…

Venezuelan opposition may fail to halt new Maduro term

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VENEZUELA

The 2024 presidential elections looking increasingly unlikely to produce a political transition. The prospect of a third term for President Nicolas Maduro is strengthened by the…