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Norway's Builders Lose Polish Workers as Germany Faces 400,000 Construction Job Gaps
A NAV-backed survey puts Norway's skilled construction shortfall at 4,750 workers, while Germany reports up to 400,000 m...
Bulgaria Has Fewer Than 900,000 Young People—Only a Third Are Employed
Official data show just 34.3% of Bulgarians aged 15–29 are employed, while 98.2% of 16–24-year-olds use the internet reg...
Silver Economy Redraws Pensions, Careers and Consumer Markets
Global ageing means over-60s will outnumber children by 2036. Andrea Falcone of The Shift argues that longer lives deman...
Investing in the Silver Economy: Why Demographics Aren’t Enough
By 2025, 43% of Europeans will be over 60, a market of 222 million consumers with above-average purchasing power. Themat...
The Silver Economy: Why Aging Populations Remain a Compelling—But Risky—Investment Theme
By 2025, Europe alone will count 222 million over-60 consumers. The silver economy spans healthcare, finance, and leisur...
Silver Economy Investing: Avoiding the Hype Behind a Demographic Certainty
The aging population is a mathematical inevitability, but thematic investors betting on the silver economy must stay ale...
More German Retirees Work as Employers Warn on 'Rente mit 63'
Retiree employment in Germany inched up to 14% in 2025, the Mikrozensus shows, as a political fight over scrapping early...
German Government Makes the Case for a Broad Reform Agenda
Berlin argues that an aging population, skills shortages and global competition leave no choice but to reform the econom...
Executives: Falling Household Formation, Migration Are Reshaping US Housing Demand
PulteGroup, Cortland and Invitation Homes leaders see record-low household formation and shifting migration patterns red...
US Enrollment Cliff Is Here: Colleges Turn to International Students as Domestic Pool Shrinks
A 13% drop in US high-school graduates through 2041 pushes international recruitment from enrichment to core enrollment ...
Greece's Brain Drain Reversal: Why Most Emigrants Are Returning and What Really Drives Them
More than two-thirds of the Greeks who left during the debt crisis have returned, but new research shows family and qual...