The Essential Podcast, Episode 40 : The Shape of Populations - The Tectonic Shift in Demographics

About this Episode

James Pomeroy, Global Economist at HSBC, joins the Essential Podcast to discuss the economic challenges of changing populations, the effectiveness of demographics as a reliable indicator, and the economies enjoying demographic tailwinds.

The Essential Podcast from S&P Global is dedicated to sharing essential intelligence with those working in and affected by financial markets. Host Nathan Hunt focuses on those issues of immediate importance to global financial markets – macroeconomic trends, the credit cycle, climate risk, energy transition, and global trade – in interviews with subject matter experts from around the world.

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Show Notes

• As knowledge-workers around the world have converted to work-from-home models, the costs and challenges of large cities are being re-evaluated. What factors are driving de-urbanization, and what are the countervailing forces that may keep people in cities? Listen to Mr. Pomeroy's perspectives on the potential winners and losers in a time of de-urbanization on Rise of the Small City — The Limits of De-Urbanization, when he previously joined the Essential Podcast on Episode 14.