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Productivity

Opinion & Features

A stronger work ethic won’t fix advanced economies

Capital deepening, technological progress and total factor productivity growth help advanced economies expand and remain competitive

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 2.8 per cent annualised rate last quarter after rising at an upwardly revised 5.2 per cent pace in the third quarter.
International

US productivity slows in fourth quarter

Unit labour costs increased at a 2.8% rate last quarter

Moh Yan Ting, managing director of Freshening Industries, says: "We are working while we sleep, letting the machines run overnight... This results in greater supply and efficiency."
SGSME

Freshening Industries, maker of Zappy wet wipes, boosts productivity with round-the-clock automation

Its new Loyang facility is 3.5 times bigger than the previous plant and features a smart shuttle storage hub that lifts output by over 50%

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at an unrevised 4.9 per cent annualised rate.
International

US Q3 productivity growth unrevised

Productivity grew at an unrevised 1.9% rate from a year ago

If your first instinct for every task is to ask an AI tool to give you a starting point, you are skipping the most vital part of thinking.
Opinion & Features

Is AI hurting your ability to think?

Here’s how to reclaim your brain

President Alexander Stubb says "resilience” is a part of Finnish DNA.
Opinion & Features

Can quality of life be a superpower? Ask Finland

Bank of Finland governor Olli Rehn calls on all of Europe to ‘get its act together’

No doubt, AI is important. Yet it’s unlikely to dramatically change the nation’s long-term economic outlook.
Opinion & Features

Will AI be an economic net positive? Probably not

It’s hard to see how AI’s effects will cure the US government’s unsustainable fiscal trajectory

Britain's budget watchdog is expected to downgrade its productivity forecasts for the economy, which in turn means finance minister Rachel Reeves will need to tax more or spend less to hit a goal of a balanced budget excluding investment spending by 2029/30.
International

UK finance minister says she will prioritise ‘fairness’ amid tax rise talk

[LONDON] British finance minister Rachel Reeves will say on Tuesday that she intends to focus on “fairness and opportunity” in her second annual budget due on Nov 26, as reports swirl about where she ...

There is absolutely nothing odd or self-denying about relying on pen and paper as an organisational tool. 
Opinion & Features

Our devices work for Big Tech, not us

Hate for a US$100 to-do list is misplaced

Maximising the morning – from workouts to breakfast meetings – is a popular strategy.
Opinion & Features

Productivity tips from the boss

10 founders and CEOs share their favourite hacks for getting it all done

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