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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258826
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272244
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279792
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276777
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275341
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One study suggests that 1.5 million middle-class people lost their jobs in 2020. Despite government assistance programmes to keep employees in work and ease home-buying, the…
The economic outlook after first-quarter data.