Australia’s proportion of retirees is expected to surge from 8% today to 19% over the next 40 years. Read more
Resistance to calls for the region to invest up to €800 billion extra a year and commit to issuing common bonds prolongs a history of stalemate between rival ambitions. Read more
Southeast Asia is expected to be the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2040 with an expanding population. Read more
Factory activity contracted for a fourth month in August, with subindexes showing deflationary pressures and latest sales figures showing a worsening residential slump. Read more
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was storming to victory in the election of 2014, he said that “acchhe din aane waale hain” — good times are coming. Read more
A resurfaced speech from Chinese President Xi Jinping suggests policymakers in China may start trading government bonds to regulate liquidity in the market, pushing the nation toward strateg... Read more
For Rick Plympton, there’s no going back to the pre-pandemic economy. The CEO of precision-lens maker Optimax Systems sees “shifting sands” in many aspects of his business. Read more
India’s economy is booming. Stock prices are through the roof, among the best performing in the world. The government’s investment in airports, bridges and roads, and clean-energy infrastruc... Read more
China’s central government is borrowing more to help diffuse a $9.3 trillion time bomb in hidden local debt. But the resulting shift in fiscal power has its own risk: demotivating regional o... Read more
