At the beginning of this year, we thought that AI is still going to be the major investment theme this year – with five out of ten themes related to AI – but also highlighted that investors will become more discerning in who are able to produce adequate return on investments. Whereas both hyperscalers –ContinueContinue reading “Ten Interesting Charts This Month”
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Lessons from Japan: Automation and Reshoring of Supply Chain
Download PDF: automation-and-reshoring-of-supply-chainDownload There are two main drivers of global deflationary trend in the past 30 years: rising global trade allowed by the shift towards greater openness in China and former Soviet countries and the explosion of productive-age population facilitated by the baby boomer generation (Chart 1). In 1989, the wage gap between the developedContinueContinue reading “Lessons from Japan: Automation and Reshoring of Supply Chain”