1. Lower inflation encourages central banks, including America’s Federal Reserve, to cut interest rates further—and prompts consumers to go shopping.
较低的通货膨胀促使各国央行，包括美国联邦储备系统，进一步降低利率——这鼓励了消费者增加购物。
2. IT spending rises to $3.6trn as companies tap into artificial intelligence. About 30% of large American firms invest $10m or more in AI, up from 16% in 2024.
信息技术支出增长至3.6万亿美元，企业纷纷投资人工智能。大约30%的大型美国公司将在AI上投资1000万美元或更多，相比2024年的16%有显著增长。
3. Adding to worries about humans passing their prime, about 12% of them are aged over 65. Yet only 10% of global GDP goes on health care.
关于人类步入老龄化的担忧加剧，约12%的人口年龄超过65岁。然而，全球GDP中只有10%用于医疗保健。
4. Governments push wide-ranging green schemes. Renewable electricity surges but fossil fuels still supply over four-fifths of energy needs.
政府推行广泛的绿色计划。可再生能源电力迅速增长，但化石燃料仍满足超过五分之四的能源需求。
5. Electric vehicles are a bright spot for carmakers, with sales rising by a quarter. But range anxiety deters many buyers and pushes others towards plugless models.
电动汽车成为汽车制造商的一个亮点，销量增长了四分之一。但是，续航里程焦虑阻止了许多买家，并促使其他人转向无需插电的车型。
6. Airlines pledge carbon-emissions cuts, while buying new planes. As international arrivals ascend to 1.6bn, tourism generates 5-8% of all greenhouse gases.
航空公司承诺减少碳排放，同时购买新飞机。随着国际游客数量上升到16亿，旅游业产生了所有温室气体排放的5-8%。
7. Housing markets cause policymakers and regulators jitters, even as $2.1trn of property loans mature. House prices are generally high, though China’s dip.
住房市场让政策制定者和监管机构感到不安，即使在2.1万亿美元的房地产贷款到期的情况下。房价普遍较高，尽管中国有所下降。
8. Green policies drive global metals prices 7.5% higher, with demand growing for everything from car batteries to cables—and thus from copper to steel.
环保政策推动全球金属价格上涨7.5%，从汽车电池到电缆的各种需求都在增长，从而推动了从铜到钢铁的需求。
9. Environmental goals stimulate infrastructure spending around the world. Gross fixed investment climbs to almost $28trn, a quarter of global GDP.
环境目标刺激了世界各地的基础设施支出。毛固定资本形成总额攀升至近28万亿美元，占全球GDP的四分之一。
10. Shippers must also navigate green trends: 40% of their emissions are brought under the EU’s emissions-trading system. Geopolitics, too, rocks boats.
航运公司也必须应对绿色趋势：其40%的排放被纳入欧盟的排放交易体系。地缘政治同样对船只造成影响。

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