Analysts predict that slowing population growth will present "a number of economic challenges" over the next 50 years, such as paying for rising healthcare costs for aging populations.
Deal-makers are dusting off their playbooks from the global financial crisis, devising creative ways to get transactions completed as traditional financing sources dry up.
The repayment obligations on foreign currency swaps and forwards are opaque yet present a very real systemic risk should U.S. dollars become difficult to source.
The labor shortfall that has troubled employers since the pandemic hit became even more acute last month, as more Americans dropped out of the workforce.
Trends spotted in a new report support the theory that greater diversity within an employer's workforce, and on its management team, leads to better financial results.