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Green transition casts ultra-low rates return in doubt
The IMF analytical chapters raise a tension between public debt rising but inflation expectations remaining flat
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
InternationalAI tools pose a rising threat to internet freedoms
A new report has underlined the rise in internet restrictions and in the misuse of artificial intelligence tools
InternationalGlobal services slowdown raises policy-making risks
The services PMIs are largely contracting, helping bring headline prices lower but also slowing major economies' growth
InternationalHigher oil prices would transform the economic outlook
OPEC+ expects the oil price to remain elevated into 2024
InternationalDeeper manufacturing downturn adds to recession risks
Manufacturing PMIs have worsened in the euro-area, Japan and ASEAN
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
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