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The article discusses the issue of whether multinational companies should divest, decouple or increase their operations in China amidst challenges like consumer boycotts, supply chain disruptions, and fractious workforce. Also cited are the European Chamber of Commerce survey showing that 60% of its members claim that China's business environment is more challenging, and the move by firms like Apple and Hasbro to transfer some of their operations to Vietnam and India.

The article examines the economic effects of the U.S. Federal Reserve's tightened monetary policy in a bid to control inflation. Topics discussed are risks of increasing interest rates, aggressiveness of the government in stimulating the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted to increased budget deficit, and economic impact of interest rates including on credit card balances, household debts, corporate profits and workforce.

The article reports on the growing automation of warehouses and distribution centres due to the development of smarter and faster robots. Also cited are the move by online retailer Amazon to deploy more than 350,000 robots to its fulfillment centres worldwide, the supply chain disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the labor shortages that led to fierce competition for staff.

The article examines the persistence of supply chain disruptions in 2022. It mentions the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic-induced shortages as one of the key problems mentioned in the earnings reports of companies in 2021. It attributes a decline in annual car production in 2021 to the chip supply shortage. Also noted is the aggravation of supply chain issues by shortages of workers.

The article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. It mentions about the problems of labour shortages, commodity price, and economic and public policy. It also mentions that second-wave economics nonetheless remained constrained by data, along with the comments of Michael Faulkender, an assistant treasury secretary in Washington.

The article focuses on the continuing impact of the shift to remote work triggered by COVID-19 on various aspects of professional life, including workplace dynamics, commercial real estate, and travel trends. Topics include the ongoing debate between employers and employees on remote work arrangements, the potential challenges faced by landlords and the commercial property industry, and the complex consequences of the remote work revolution on the global workforce.

The article focuses on the economic impact of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas. Topics include the strain on Israel's economy due to increased defense spending, the challenges of managing labor shortages caused by mobilizing reservists, and the collapse of private consumption amid uncertainty and fear of further attacks. The fiscal costs of the conflict and potential risks to Israel's economy are also discussed, highlighting the need for careful management by policymakers.

The article focuses on the complex challenges posed by migration in Europe, where a surge in arrivals of migrants willing to work in low-skilled sectors coincides with a labor shortage. It highlights the strains, divisions, and disagreements within the European Union (EU) on how to address this issue. It emphasizes the need for a comprehensive, morally-grounded approach and the potential benefits of creating legal channels for migrants to work in Europe.

The article reports on immigration issues in China, particularly the possible reasons why the government is not open to accepting foreign labour despite its potential economic benefits. Also cited are China's declining working-age population, its takeover by India as the most populous country in the world, and the unwillingness of many young Chinese to accept jobs like salesperson, factory workers, and cleaners.

The article discusses how China's once-touted "demographic dividend" may not have played as significant a role in its economic growth as previously believed. While China's working-age population grew rapidly over the past few decades, labor force participation did not increase at the same rate. It suggests that the quality of the workforce, including increased education levels and urbanization, may have been a more crucial factor in China's economic success.

The article focuses on issue of judge and staff shortages in court system in New Jersey and other states lending to delays in trials and a backlog of cases. Topics discussed include uncertainity experienced by families going through divorce with waiting periods for custody hearing, cases of domestic abuse that has raised safety concern due to delay in handling the cases, and slow nomination by the governor Phil Murphy.

The article reports that the Mercedes Benz factory in Sao Bernardo, a suburb of Sao Paulo is the company biggest assembly plant for trucks outside Germany. Topics include examines founded in 1956 it is being modernized and it plans to almost halve its workforce of several mainly by outsourcing parts of its operations and for Mercedes, this is part of a global strategy.

The article offers a look into the need of Germany for immigrants due to acute labour shortage. Topics discussed are a proposed Canadian-style points system to assess immigrants, increased number of people retiring than entering the workforce, projected strain on productive capacity and ability to support the elderly without immigration, and obstacles facing immigrants and skilled workers.

The article examines that Covid-19 has forced a radical shift in working habits. Topics include considered that on August 28 Pinterest, a social media firm, paid several million dollars to end a new lease obligation on office space near its headquarters in San Francisco to create a "more distributed workforce"; and reports that for working from home seems to have suited many white-collar employees.

The article presents views of Chikwe Ihelcweazu, the director general of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, on lesson to be taught by China about coronavirus. Topics disucssed include experts dispatched by World Health Organization (WHO) to examine country's measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, manpower and technology to implement quarantine and closure of schools and universities until March 15, 2020.

The article discusses the growing economy of Romania with increased gross domestic product (GDP) and mentions that the birth rate have been collapsed after the revolution of 1989. Topics discussed include lack of labor supply for hotels, bars and restaurants, emigration of Romanians for better pay, and growth of foreign born population in Romania.

The article reports on the labour shortages being seen in the investment banking sector. Also cited are how the sector benefited from the fees from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2021, the possible positive impacts of rising interest rates on profitability, and the claims by executives like Deutsche Bank's Christian Sewing and Goldman Sachs' David Solomon that the war on talent has caused wage inflation.

The article informs on the status of labour markets around the globe. It mentions with labour demand so strong, employers are having not only to increase the number of jobs but also to improve their quality. It also mentions labour markets will have to be cooled the old-fashioned way by central banks raising interest rates, making it a little more attractive to save than spend and choking off demand for labour.

The article focuses on the forecast from the United Nations' (UN) World Population Prospect on working age people of Europe by 2050 with jobs sit unfilled across U.S. Topics discussed include need to consider solutions to labor shortage affecting productivity levels and economic performance, emerging gap plugged by robots that cannot be found to do the work, and "Industry 5.0" drive of the European Commission.

The article discusses the growing adoption by companies of automated technologies amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the tight labour markets and increasing wage costs. Based on the International Federation of Robotics data, the global stock of industrial robots increased by threefold in the past 10 years as of February 2022, with Japan producing 45%. Also cited are Japan's top companies like Keyence, Fanuc and Lasertec.

The article looks at the impact of labour shortages and uncertainties on the recovery of the tourism industry in South-East Asia. It mentions the role of the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the delay in revival of the sector. There was a 98% decrease in the number of international visitor arrivals in the region in 2021. Among the factors that contributed to a decline in migrant labour in some countries are lack of work and strict immigration rules.

The article reports on updates of the U.S. labor sector, particularly the effects of the coronavirus pandemics on wages and employee fringe benefits. Also cited are how the pandemic led to the shift to work-from-home arrangements, mass resignations, and labor shortages, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on benefits like health insurance, paid leaves and pensions.

The article reports on the expected continuation labor shortages in the U.S. post-Covid-19 pandemic. Also cited are the increase in wages, the huge imbalance between the demand for workers and their availability, the 2% reduction of the country's labour force, and the claim by University of Tennessee economist Marianne Wanamaker on the possible adverse effects of declining labour pool on economic growth.

The article reports on the increasing number of workers who are leaving their jobs in the hospitality sector that resulted in labor shortages. Also cited are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that 4.5 million Americans resigned from their jobs in November 2021, the sharp decline in restaurant footfall due to the Omicron variant of Covid-19, and the factors causing the mass resignations like psychological exhaustion or burnout.

The article examines the adverse effects of the slowdown in the Chinese economy to the employment of young people, particularly the vocational-college graduates. Also cited are the data showing that unemployment of 16-24 years old stood at 18%, the employment opportunities in the manufacturing sector, and the ageing rural-to-urban migrant workers in the country.

The article reports on the move by Indian hospitality workers to resign their jobs to work in Qatar, which is hosting the 2022 World Cup of soccer tournament. Also cited are how hotels, bars and cafés in India are facing shortages of workers due to the resignations, and the efforts by hospitality industry employers to look for workers in other cities to address their labor shortages.

The article presents the discussion on Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter raising questions of policy. Topics include world's richest man for owing such an important forum for public debate containing many workers within days of completing the acquisition above board; and venture by being brutal to the workforce, skipping the PowerPoint sessions, and managing through memes.

The article presents the discussion on Meta laying off 11,000 employees or 13 percent of the workforce despite falling revenues from advertising and e-commerce. Topics include Amazon introducing a freeze on hiring for the corporate jobs; and hitting sales of Nvidia's high-end microchips for use in artificial intelligence, data centres and supercomputers.

The article focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on restaurants around the globe. It mentions that many restaurants, even the fanciest, are facing labour shortages, however Covid brought to a halt an astonishing expansion. It also mentions that economic and social forces, from political reform to urbanisation to changing labour markets, have created both the supply of and demand for restaurants.

The article reports on ongoing problems of employment in the Gulf. It mentions that subsidies by United Arab Emirates to pull workers into the private sector are costly and ineffective. It also mentions that perk forms the core of the region's social contracts such as cushy, lucrative employment in exchange for the deprivation of political rights.

The article focuses on the ongoing problems of fuel shortages and supply chains in Great Britain. It mentions that an ageing workforce and grim conditions have created shortages of lorry drivers across Europe in the ongoing crisis of COVID-19 pandemic. It also mentions the take of Prime Minster Boris Johnson on same.

In the article, the author discusses issues in air travel and tourism amidst the coronavirus pandemic, particularly the increase in flight cancellations due to factors like worker shortages in airports and airlines. Also cited are the chaos seen in airports in European countries like France, Germany, and Italy, and the comment of Capital Economics' Jessica Hinds on the European Union's (EU) labour market.

The article focuses on shortage of workers faced by John Chinn, asparagus producer, for harvesting asparagus and mentions consideration of robots to fulfill the worker demands.

The article focuses on high-school education of the working age population of China reported in the book "Invisible China" by authors Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell. Topics discussed include compulsory schooling dropped out by workers in China, people going to high school lower than estimation given per person gross domestic product (GDP) of China, and labor force including people who were high school age reported in 1970s.

The article focuses on the retail supply shortages in the U.S. in September 2021. It attributes the shortages to supply-chain disruptions amid the closure of factories and ports around the world due to outbreaks of the COVID-19 Delta variant. Among the problems facing retailers are the rising domestic trucking costs due to an increase in online deliveries and shortage of labour. Also noted is the decline in online sales and increase in offline sales recorded by retailers.

The article focuses on the construction industry-wide shortages of labour and building materials such as timber slow construction and inflate costs around the globe. It mentions that the combination of these constraints and surging demand for housing has led to staggering rises in house prices in the ongoing crisis of COVID-19 pandemic.

The article informs that demand for workers is still lower than it was before COVID-19 pandemic struck, with people withdrawing from the world of work. It mentions that COVID-19 restrictions, such as travel bans, surely play a role in explaining weak demand. It also mentions that lower labour supply might also reflect the impact of welfare policies such as handouts and pensions.

The article informs that the reopening of bricks-and-mortar retail and hospitality businesses after COVID-19 pandemic in Peterborough has triggered a surge in hiring by shifting bargaining power from firms to low-paid workers. It mentions that as more firms have reopened, demand for workers has stepped up, thereby impacting wage increases.

The article reports on the labour shortage in the U.S. despite the high unemployment rate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic as of May 2021. Other topics include the possibility that the shortage could lead to inflation and affect the economic recovery, as well as the possible reasons behind the shortage like over-generous benefits, reallocation of labour between industries, and fear of contracting the virus.

The article focuses on increased unemployment rate across the world in April 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and mentions dismissal of labor force by several people. Topics discussed include faster recovery of labor market explained by idiosyncrasies of a pandemic-induced recession, delivery services provided by restaurants and demand for workers met by existing companies.

The article focuses on ambitious mayor is trying to transform Miami, Florida appeal and party paradise into a hub for digital finance and technology. It mentions coastal techies and others wanting to move from high-cost, high tax states to a sunny climate and salary in bitcoin and has proposed allowing Miamians to pay bills in cryptocurrency. It also mentions homelessness and pretensions of being a tech and finance hub, there isn't a place for the labour force to live.

The article focuses on the lack of technical workers and the future of workshops that cannot upgrade in the industrial city of Dongguan, China. The national strategy to upgrade manufacturing through automation is mentioned. The reasons of low productivity in the manufacturing industry are mentioned which includes the low level of automation compared to its competitors and the low supply of China's cheap labor.

The author reflects on updates in the labor sector, particularly the growing adoption of technology and automation, and the reasons why companies should promote their adoption. Other topics include the labour shortage as demand for workers recovered quickly from the Covid-19 pandemic and why the fear that robots would cause mass unemployment is allegedly overblown.

The article focuses on the intention of the Bank of England to address the rising inflation in 2022. Great Britain recorded the highest inflation rate in December 2021 at 5.4%. It mentions the possibility that monetary policymakers will increase the interest rates from 0.25% to 0.5% in February. It attributes the power of employees in wage negotiations to the labor supply shortage.

The article discusses Cradle to desk: The government's new plan to slow the shrinking of the labor force. Topics include to focus on stopping the shrinking of the workforce, as opposed to the population, making it easier for women to join and remain in the labor market, where they are underrepresented and the resulting developments are a far cry from an egalitarian revolution, but both the work culture and relations between the sexes are beginning to change.

The article discusses the elevation of Vietnam to middle-income status from being among the poorest countries in the world. Topics covered include the country's growth averaging nearly 6% per person annually, the competitive advantage offered by Vietnam's border with China, and the Vietnam government's openness to international trade and investment. Other topics include the skilled workforce of Vietnam, its focus on education, and the trade deals benefitting the country.