The next five years represent a turning point for employment levels in China. Due to ageing demographics the country's working age population has...
Scott McEwan
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APAC Cities | Capital move not likely to threaten Jakarta’s economic importance
Posted by Scott McEwan on Feb 23, 2022
The Indonesian government has ambitions to move the country’s capital away from Jakarta to an as-yet unbuilt city over 1,000km away on the island of...
China | City growth rates to return to trend—but with some short-term worries
Posted by Scott McEwan on Dec 21, 2021
The short-term outlook for China and its cities has weakened slightly this quarter. New headwinds from the property sector slowdown join the existing...
China | Why China’s subsidy to the world is likely to endure
Posted by Scott McEwan on Apr 14, 2021
China is a significant net creditor to the rest of the world. At the end of 2020, its foreign assets totaled US$8,704 billion, or 59.1% of GDP,...
APAC | Cities Outlook: Expect a broad return to growth
Posted by Scott McEwan on Mar 31, 2021
After an extraordinary downturn across Asian city economies in 2020 we expect a broad return to growth in 2021. But while many cities that contracted...