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Policymakers face deepening property sector crisis along with deflationary and demographic pressures

And more on the USA premium

Martin Wolf on world economic integration. Xi and Putin defy ‘rules-based’ order. Look back to assess globalisation’s future. Fathoming AI’s mysteries. 2024’s ‘year of elections’. Latin America’s chance. Africa’s prospects. Davos dwells in the past.

The view from the Swiss mountaintop enjoyed by the annual conference of the World Economic Forum is not what it used to be

What do the words mean and why do they matter? It depends on which side you ask

Region’s unique advantages offer an extraordinary opportunity — if its governments can step up

Fed should look through any temporary weakness in price growth arising as supply chain distortions unwind

Job search website finds annual slowdown in salary increases in US, UK and eurozone

World Economic Forum discussions focus on wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and prospect of another Trump presidency

Ministers tell businesses there are limits to what government can do to help

Volvo Cars joins companies affected by delivery hold-ups as Yemeni group targets shipping route

Christopher Waller cautions against a rush to cut interest rates

Growth stocks and emerging markets to be biggest winners when borrowing costs fall, Bank of America survey shows

From demography to technology, we must pay attention to the forces that will certainly shape our future

Eurozone consumer inflation expectations decline to lowest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Bank of England views easing pay pressures as key to cutting interest rates but data is unclear

Maybe it’s time to dust off John Maynard Keynes’s warning about taking borderless prosperity for granted

It’s hard to be nimble when you exaggerate uncertainties

Premier hails ‘steady’ economic progress in Davos speech but calls on world to address ‘trust deficit’ among nations

Also in today’s newsletter, Iran attacks sites in Iraq and Syria and CEOs warn of AI impact on jobs