... environment government growth manufacturing mining prices productivity regional remittances tourism welfare MOROCCO: Royal Air Maroc yesterday relaunched direct flights between Casablanca and Beijing; the airline had suspended the route in 2020 due to COVID-19. The route will boost...

... stagnating job creation and its effect in constraining consumption. This is also likely to affect voter sentiment in the run-up to November’s presidential and parliamentary elections. economy politics social employment gender labour pensions policy productivity reform wages A street...

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... and ensured a continuous supply of skilled workers. Impacts Greater investment has the potential to ease looming labour shortages, but skill gaps and high costs remain barriers to productivity. Childbirth will remain a difficult proposition for many women until related discrimination in the workplace...

... to exporters. Household appliance and automotive sellers will benefit from another year of consumer subsidies. Other products such as consumer electronics could be added to the consumer goods trade-in programme. Industrial machinery, hardware and software suppliers will benefit from increased demand under...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Blackouts are becoming increasingly problematic, with fuel supplies strained and decades of insufficient investment having left ageing infrastructure prone to failure. The situation compounds a broader state of crisis in Cuba, where food and sugar production...

...Oxford Analytica Significance He inherits an economy with momentum, with productivity growing steadily, inflation falling and unemployment remaining low. At the same time, the budget deficit and public debts are historically high but there is little political interest in tackling them. He...

... to multiple fronts and has no clear end date: Israel ME/NAF economy debt defence fiscal foreign investment government growth investment military monetary prices productivity regional war Israel’s central bank (Ahmad Gharabli/ Getty Images) The cabinet meets on October...

... government growth investment oil productivity SAUDI ARABIA: Yasir al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF, the country's sovereign wealth fund), yesterday said that the fund will bring down the proportion of its international investments to 18-20%; it had increased to 30% in 2020...

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... exchange rate finance foreign policy productivity technology Banks Capital markets INTERNATIONAL: Discussions are intensifying about the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ending Project mBridge after Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the project as useful for sanctions...

... of the largest ventures, set up by France's Renault, has been seeking to restart its production lines after taking steps to comply with the new regulations published in November 2022. These include stringent conditions for local content, a commitment to start exporting within five years, and plans for electric...

... economy debt finance government growth policy infrastructure productivity property transport An Evergrande Real Estate Group property in Huai’an (Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock) High debt levels, decreasing revenues and increased expenditures have damaged regional governments...

... politics social productivity property CHINA: The National Health Commission is surveying 30,000 people to understand factors shaping their views on childbearing and the "fear surrounding having children", according to the Global Times yesterday, citing the China Population and Development...

...Oxford Analytica Significance This adoption is broad-based, though unevenly distributed among occupations -- a finding that will kindle hopes that the technology can lead to productivity gains across the economy. Impacts Research suggests that GenAI will not trim the gap between more and less...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The easing of pandemic-related supply chain disruptions assisted the Fed, alongside the withdrawal of pandemic-era fiscal stimulus. The Fed is now inclined to shift its focus to the labour market, where strong demand has been met by rising productivity...

... trade government growth manufacturing monetary productivity tourism water MOROCCO: The Bank of al-Maghreb (BAM) yesterday forecast a slowdown in growth to 2.8% in 2024. While non-agricultural growth is improving, rising from 3.6% in 2023 to 3.9% in 2024, the outlook is negatively affected...

...Oxford Analytica Headline CHINA: Retirement age increase will face pushback economy employment growth labour pensions population productivity social consumer health property protest © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about...

... manufacturing monetary policy prices productivity steel employment labour property industry CHINA: Industrial producer prices fell 1.8% year-on-year in August, brought down by steel, agriculture and other sectors, according to the National Bureau of Statistics today. Meanwhile, the consumer...

... monetary prices private sector productivity EGYPT: The central bank yesterday held the deposit rate unchanged at 27.5% and the lending rate unchanged at 28.5%. The bank had previously hiked rates in March to bring down inflation in line with IMF recommendations. Annual inflation has been...