As the World Turns Older

(1) Growing old is easy; rich not so easy. (2) Aging bad debts. (3) Robots as response to low fertility rate. (4) Capital-spending decisions require obsolescence forecasts. (5) The world’s largest nursing home. (6) Chinese leaders having senior moments. (7) An unnamed authoritative person speaks out in People’s Daily. (8) Xi wants reforms, less capacity, and less debt. (9) China’s banks slam the brakes after record patch-out. (10) Eurozone lending and output flat-lining. (11) Pension funds slammed by record-low interest rates.