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Under-employment to drive the West's wages and policy

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INTERNATIONAL

The impact of working less hours on policy.

Economic reform will falter with new Turkish cabinet

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TURKEY

Presenting his government's programme on November 25, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised to keep his election campaign pledges, complete major infrastructure projects…

France’s new health reforms may not ease tension

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FRANCE

France's health system.

Fed/ECB strategies renew monetary policy for the 2020s

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INTERNATIONAL

The changes aim to improve the efficiency of monetary policy in the environment of lower interest rates, inflation and growth, in which deflation, stagnation or recession are…

Year of elections will not shift Spain's economic woes

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SPAIN

Economic backdrop to the election cycle.

Germany’s coal power phase-out will be costly

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GERMANY

The German government is aiming to phase out coal-fired power stations by 2038 based on a compromise proposed by an expert commission in January.

Spain’s foreign investment appeal is under threat

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SPAIN

Spain’s increasingly protectionist regulatory environment, and proposed tax and labour reforms, threaten to discourage investment. The foreign-owned automotive sector, which…

COVID-19 and protests will shake up US cities

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UNITED STATES

These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…

Pressure will grow on Italy’s debt sustainability

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ITALY

Successful use of EU funds is vital to putting the economy on an improved trajectory, but Italy has a poor record on absorbing EU funds. Failure would compound the country's…