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Water demands of AI will elicit rising scrutiny
Research into AI's ‘thirst’ for fresh water is proliferating
InternationalIndonesia oversupply will further tighten world nickel
The nickel market will be under pressure from oversupply and from its environmental unfriendliness into the 2030s
InternationalSouthern services CPI is a risk to steady ECB cuts
Inflation slowed to 2.4% in March and core prices to below 3% but services CPI remains a risk, especially in the South
EUUltra-low China CPI alters domestic and world dynamics
Persistent low inflation in China poses both domestic and global challenges
InternationalFirmer manufacturing guards against global recession
The manufacturing PMIs show that performance divides between US/Europe and within Europe and Asia are widening
InternationalChina’s economic targets will get trickier to achieve
The economic targets for this year are unchanged from 2023 and innovation has replaced consumption as the top priority
ChinaAI augmentation and automation will alter job markets
AI will lift global economic productivity over the coming decades, but also transform labour markets
InternationalGeopolitics of AI technical standards will heat up
Technical standards for artificial intelligence (AI) will emerge slowly but geopolitical rifts over it will be intense
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