In 2023, the number of births in South Korea stood at 230,028, recording the lowest figure during the given period. Around two decades earlier, this number was twice as high. Declining fertility in South Korea A phenomenon that most East Asian countries and territories grapple with is a star...
Affluent households continued to lead in charitable giving in 2022. Explore trends and statistics in the latest Bank of America Study of Philanthropy.
A top-level meeting in Montenegro promised ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman fatally shot 12 people in a second such tragedy in less than three years in the small Balkan country Associated PressJan. 3, 2025 London Zoo's Residents Are Counted in Their Annual Stocktake, Including 2...
Urbanization and climate change are contributing to severe flooding globally, damaging infrastructure, disrupting economies, and undermining human well-being. Approaches to make cities more resilient to floods are emerging, notably with the design of flo
In 2014, the community NGO, the Good Toad Studio, applied for a grant of TWD 30,000 from a program of the Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education. The studio found that many households had the habit of planting around their homes, so Ms. Lin, the student who initiated the...
Stock ownership rates remain stubbornly low among Hispanic and Black households. While starting to invest may seem daunting, it's a step worth taking for the 37% of Americans that currently don't own stocks. The average stock market return is about 10% per year, so investing is a great ...
Leveraging data on consumption expenditure of goods across households provided in the Spanish Household Budget Survey we estimate household-specific inflation from 2006 to 2021 in Spain and analyse how it varies according to households' known characteristics. We show that households with lower in...
Statistics Canada data shows net average household savings have declined across all income brackets. But the trend is more alarming for households in the bottom 40 per cent because they tend to spend more than they earn in income. During the third quarter of 2022, for exampl...
The study surveys 20,000 households in total across Canada, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US. It was conducted in July and August 2024, updating our previous annual surveys of multiple markets....
29 Feb 2024Lydia Boussour Catalyze economic growth through capital investment in GenAI Boost to global GDP growth from increased investment in GenAI R&D, infrastructure, software creation and company adoption will be significant. Learn more.