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Global Wealth Report 2025

Australia´s pension system: No reform can replace financial literacy

Demographic change poses a formidable challenge for Australia: Despite only a modest increase in the old-age dependency ratio, the number of people aged 65 and older will almost double from 4.1mn today to 7.4mn within the next 30 years.

Chip shortages to boost carmakers´pricing power in Europe

An unprecedented and intensifying shortage of materials, notably semiconductors, is creating a supply-demand mismatch in Europe's automotive sector that could last until H1 2022. This creates a unique window of opportunity for carmakers to raise prices by +3-6% after nearly 20 years of constraints.

European Central Bank: New wording, old problems

ECB confirms dovish bias of its new strategy. In its closely-watched pre-holiday meeting, coming close on the heels of its strategy review, the ECB offered its first indications on how the new inflation target - raised from “close to but below 2%” to a symmetric medium-term target of 2% - will be implemented.