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Does size matter? The economy of small countries
Small states worldwide thrive even in hostile environments.
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Family-owned businesses versus innovation – Family 1000 universe
Family-owned businesses can thrive for many generations. Our database includes some companies established almost 400 years ago. Is there a specific business model that enables that success? Our latest report looks at innovation in family-owned business and what it means for the long-term sustainability of these companies.
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Global Investment Returns Yearbook: key highlights
The Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2023 offers unique data on long-term investment returns. Read the latest edition to discover how different asset classes have performed since 1900 around the world, and to find out how a historical perspective can help today’s investors plan for the future.
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What the future holds for the monetary system
What does the future hold for the monetary system? Macroeconomic imbalances and geopolitics may accelerate change in the current largely USD-based monetary system into a more multipolar one.
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Investment Outlook 2023 – a fundamental reset
In hindsight, 2022 marks the year when geopolitics took center stage, not only significantly impacting the global economy and financial markets, but resetting international relations and global international commerce.
This has implications for short-, medium-, and long-term growth, price prospects, and monetary and fiscal policy, potentially leading to sizeable shifts in the global monetary system with reverberations in financial markets. -
Decarbonization will help China move up the global value chain
China’s targets for carbon neutrality call for an economic transformation on an unprecedented scale. This also presents significant opportunities for businesses and investors. But will the current global energy crisis derail China’s ambitions? Can it maintain its dominance in the clean energy supply chain? Policy experts, industry insiders and investors share their views.
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Global growth outlook and geopolitics add to headwinds for China
Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, and conflict in Europe have led to significant market volatility in 2022. With China’s economy also under pressure, what challenges will investors face in 2023? Kishore Mahbubani and Credit Suisse’s own Nannette Hechler-Fayd’herbe and Zoltan Pozsar provided their perspectives at the China Investment Conference. How far could inflation go? Will the US enter a recession? Can China stimulate economic growth? Catch up with their insights here.
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Kishore Mahbubani: China and the U.S. must reflect on their long-term interests and cooperate on global issues
On the sidelines of the Credit Suisse China Investment Conference, we spoke to Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore and former President of the United Nations Security Council, about prospects for cooperation between China and the U.S. and why Asian countries need to speak out.
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Lawrence H. Summers: Fed moves are encouraging, but higher rates will impact the rest of the world
Ahead of the 13th Credit Suisse China Investment Conference, we caught up with Lawrence H. Summers, Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States; President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University, to discuss the outlook for the US economy and what it means for China.
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A New Compass: Navigating China’s economic transformation
China’s economic transformation is being tested by a fierce combination of external forces and domestic policies. Yet as China evolves, its capacity for innovation and its sophisticated consumer base are creating opportunities for those able to navigate the changing landscape. The 13th CIC offers insights to help investors unpack these complex dynamics.