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"The 2020s are set to be a decade of dramatic economic and social upheaval, reversing many of the trends of the past 40 years, according to one of the world's largest banks.
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In what it describes as "the decade of peak", Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) analysts say a range of economic and social challenges are "all heading to a boiling point" next decade.
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"We enter the next decade with interest rates at 5,000-year lows, the largest asset bubble in history, a planet that is heating up, and a deflationary profile of debt, disruption and demographics," the report warns.
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"We will end it with nearly 1 billion people added to the world, a rapidly ageing population, up to 800 million people facing the threat of job automation and the environment on the brink of catastrophic change."
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As these problems mount, the bank's investment strategists say many long-established trends will peak, before reversing.
