Abstract The latest World Economic Outlook reports a slowdown in global growth as downside risks intensify. While policy shifts unfold and uncertainties reach new highs, policies need to be calibrated to rebalance growth-inflation trade-offs, rebuild buffers, and reinvigorate medium-term growth, thereby reducing both internal and external imbalances. Policies that promote healthy aging, bridge gender disparities, and enhance the alignment of migrants’ skills with local labor market demands ...| IMF eLibrary
The rapidly growing ‘care economy’ now employs 15% of working Australians, up from 10% in the early 2010s. This has expanded critical services to many Australians. It has also required trade-offs elsewhere in the economy. In particular:| e61 INSTITUTE