Consumption & Pension Reform - Pension reform is potentially key to unlocking Chinese household consumption [1] - Chinese households' lack of spending is linked to feelings of insecurity [1] - The challenge lies in persuading the government to implement pension reform [1]

To increase spending in China, pension reform will have to make the system both more generous and more adventurous. But the government does not seem ready for the kind of benefits that would really drive growth https://t.co/b3TfIoI6sh ...

France’s minority government on Tuesday survived a no-confidence motion over the pension reform thanks to Marine Le Pen’s far-right party abstaining in the vote. https://t.co/TWkhNV9Viw ...