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Ten business trends for 2024, and forecasts for 15 industries

A global round-up from The Economist Intelligence Unit

Ten business trends for 2024

1 Central banks including America’s Federal Reserve start to reduce interest rates as price rises slow. With global inflation still at 5%, however, consumers remain thrifty.

This article appeared in the The world in numbers section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2024 under the headline “Industries”

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