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Euro-area design flaws will curb GDP growth and reform
While the 25-year-old euro-area is stable, the lack of full fiscal centralisation keeps partial break-up as a risk
InternationalDemand for uranium will continue to outpace supply
Uranium prices are rising due to more demand for nuclear power generation, and Russia and Western value chain decoupling
InternationalDependency ratios overstate economic impacts of ageing
Population ageing will dampen major nations’ growth and budget scope but data crudeness means these fears are overstated
InternationalIndustry robots will lift productivity and inequality
Industrial robot numbers nearly tripled in the decade to 2021, but US evidence of concentration fuels inequality fears
InternationalDecarbonisation to test the boom in business aviation
Business aviation and private jet usage has surged since end-2019 but faces a huge test to reduce its carbon footprint
InternationalIssue of state control impedes UN treaty on cybercrime
The sixth round of UN negotiations on a new cybercrime treaty concluded in New York last month, but without an agreement
InternationalHuawei's tech signals progress but no breakthrough
China's Huawei has produced a smartphone with semiconductors more advanced than had been expected by Western powers
InternationalUnknowns cloud major central banks’ forward guidance
The debate over whether the world economy is heading for a soft or hard economic landing keeps financial markets on edge
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