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Economic Digest – July 2018

COAL The world’s coal market experienced an unexpected revival in 2017. The surge was driven partly by a resurgence of demand for coal in China...

Economic Digest – June 2018

REMITTANCES Migrants from low-and-middle-income countries sent home US$466-billion in 2017 an increase of 8.5% on the year earlier. That followed two consecutive years of decline....

Economic Digest – May 2018

THERMAL A tiny North Atlantic island known best for icebergs, geysers and volcanoes is helping China fight pollution. Iceland has just signed the biggest deal...

Economic Digest – April 2018

BRICKS Sales and profits of Lego fell for the first time in 13 years because of too much stock in warehouses and shops. 75-billion bricks...

Economic Digest – March 2018

MARCH 2018 AVOCADO Avocado is fast becoming America’s favourite fruit. Although domestic production has stayed flat, imports have more than trebled over the past ten...

Economic Digest – February 2018

CLAIMS Insurers will have to pay claims of around US$135-billion for 2017, following a spate of hurricanes, earthquakes and fires in North America. German insurer...

Economic Digest – January 2018

DRONES One of China’s biggest online companies wants to deploy a fleet of drones in Canada to airlift seafood from East Coast processing plants to...

Economic Digest – December 2017

DENTISTS There is fierce competition for scarce patients in the larger cities of Canada. A 2016 study shows one dentist per 1,622 patients compared with...