Pensions problems will await Chile's new government

The private pensions system faces increasing woes, but there is little consensus on how to tackle them

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Argentine inflation target will prove out of reach

Inflation for the first nine months of 2017 has already exceeded the full-year target

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Advances in artificial intelligence raise the prospect of a fully automated economy in which human labour is unnecessary

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Baltic inflation rates are outpacing those in the euro-area by a wide margin

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Scattered evidence hints at a possible end to the long, slow decline of US labour unions

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Mooted shift of Superb model to Germany may show shift in costs but the real question is where new electric models go

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Washington’s efforts to bring more vehicle manufacturing back to the United States could backfire badly

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Italian economic activity is benefiting from euro-area recovery and the ECB purchasing programme

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Consumer price inflation and nominal wage growth (%)

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Public spending growth %, year-on-year in Argentina, 2018

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