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Developed economies may instead accept a smaller population and lower growth, focusing instead on keeping GDP per capita high.

Is a digital Euro the next step towards ever-closer union?

LONDON (Jan 3): Factories across the globe warned they are finding it increasingly hard to keep up with demand, potentially forcing them to raise prices as the world economy looks set to enjoy its strongest year since 2011.

SINGAPORE (May 22): Economic indicators in Europe and Asia are revealing signs of a sustainable growth outlook although US equities could suffer in the near-term from recent political events, according to Deutsche Bank’s weekly CIO Insights report publi

SINGAPORE (April 27): Even with the improvement of US household and business confidence, as indicated by the rebound in consumption-related soft data since the US presidential elections, ABN AMRO Group Economics is mindful that hard data has yet to catch

SINGAPORE (Feb 9): Europe’s political risks are set to rise as far-right leader Marine Le Pen continues to gain ground ahead of April's French elections and the International Monetary Fund remains divided over the terms of the Greek bailout.

SINGAPORE (Dec 20): Trump’s reflationary policies are unlikely to reveal their full impact within the year, but his policies – and the expectation of them – will be central to global developments next year, says Adam Slater, lead economist at Oxford

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Central banks have been largely ineffective in creating credit within their economies despite repeated efforts at tweaking their monetary policy, and Huw van Steenis, the Global Head of Strategy at Schroders, thinks he might know the re

SINGAPORE (June 9): OCBC’s Bank of Singapore has turned less negative on the outlook of gold. Yet, it is still not outright bullish, as it finds it “hard to get excited” on gold’s upside potential over the medium-term.