WAYFAIR SHARES RISE AFTER JOB CUTS
-Wayfair $W has announced plans to reduce its workforce by 13%, equivalent to approximately 1,650 employees.
- Layoffs is primarily focused on management and executive positions.
- A third round of layoffs starting in the summer of 2022 is expected to save the company approximately $280 million.
- The layoff announcement triggered A 10% increase...
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So the steps they can and even must take are many. As far as I know, this is the main one:
1. Repeal the one-child policy in 2016. Now Chinese couples can have two children.
2. Raising the retirement age. The retirement age is gradually increasing from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 60 for women.
3. Investing in health care and infant mortality.
4. China is likely to push for increased labor productivity, automation and robotization. This should compensate for the decline in the workforce.
5. China is likely to open its market more to immigrants to compensate for population decline. But this will be a big challenge for Chinese culture.