Economic Insights

While Australia’s pension system is rated as one of the best prepared for demographic change, savers’ behavior during the Covid-19 crisis underlines the fact that more financial education and literacy is needed.

A shortage of semiconductors is creating a prolonged supply-demand mismatch in Europe's automotive sector that offers a unique window of opportunity for car makers to raise prices.

The ECB’s new strategy offers more potential for dovish rather than hawkish policy.

Large companies will face a record increase in WCR in a context of a strong demand rebound triggered by the grand reopening, alongside severe shortages in inputs, labor and final goods.

The SPAC party isn’t over yet, but don’t wait up for another phase of record high offerings as seen in 2020 and Q1 2021 — at least in the US.

The EU carbon border adjustment mechanism will not only become more expensive than anticipated, but likely fall short of its aim to restore a level playing field for industries heavily exposed to carbon pricing.

Postponing motherhood could compound the challenges faced by already aging societies, but at the individual level, it could help narrow the income and pension gaps between men and women.

Global trade has bounced back stronger than expected so far in 2021, driven by input restocking and shipping constraints rather than supply-demand dynamics.

While both France and Germany didn't make it to the UEFA EURO 2020 final, we find a welcome tie between the EU’s two largest economies when it comes to weathering the Covid-19 crisis, judging by GDP developments, labor market performance, debt toll and policy support.