In the UK, workers are so worried about the cost of living crisis that it is affecting their performance at work, with two-thirds of managers reporting issues such as rising absenteeism and lack of engagement among stressed staff. In a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) survey of more than 1,000 managers and team leaders, 71% said …
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In the UK, workers are so worried about the cost of living crisis that it is affecting their performance at work, with two-thirds of managers reporting issues such as rising absenteeism and lack of engagement among stressed staff. In a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) survey of more than 1,000 managers and team leaders, 71% said …
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Economists are beginning to worry about the sustainability of high debt levels as global interest rates rise sharply. A credit crunch could fuel “the mother of all economic crises”, warned Nouriel Roubini last week. Some experts have compared the current situation to the structural problems that triggered the financial crash of 2008. Loading Something is …
Protests and violence are so routine in Bangladesh that treating the ongoing crackdown on opponents of Sheikh Hasina as anything other than the noise generated by the election might seem like a stretch. From the latest deaths of opposition activists in police shootings, and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanding an “interim” administration that …
Since the late 1990s, China has been the big beast in global oil markets, driving demand for the oil and other commodities it used to fuel double-digit economic growth every year for many years. then high single-digit growth for years. . As recently as 2017, China’s high economic growth rate still allowed it to overtake …
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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, April 2, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters Most American workers dream of a comfortable retirement. Yet many find that their money falls short of this goal when they reach their golden years. Much of the problem is related to …
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VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early-season revelers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas Market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian city has yet to decorate its granite-clad pedestrian streets with twinkling Christmas lights as officials debate the brightness of the season during an energy …
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U.S. retailers are facing their first real revenue drop since the global financial crisis this holiday season, even as resilient consumer spending poses challenges for officials seeking to tame inflation. Black Friday, the informal start of peak shopping season, falls at a turning point for consumer spending this week as the highest inflation since the …
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Brittany is impoverished. Independent forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility released last week predicted a 7% drop in living standards over the next two years – an average of £1,700 per household, wiping out eight years of growth. Real wages will not return to the levels they were before the 2008 financial crisis until …
