Get ready to fasten your seatbelts and buckle up for a wild ride into the future, because 2024 is knocking on the door with more surprises than ever! This year promises some good and some bad things. Let’s see what are those.
- Global conflicts, like the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas issues, can still mess with how things work. Whether talks in places like Ukraine go well or not will affect how much we worry about money, especially oil prices.
- Prices of things like oil, food, and fertilizers could make other things more expensive, causing a money headache around the world.
- People might talk more about not relying too much on China for stuff.
- Germany might become a really big player, beating Japan to become the third-largest economy in the world.
- Ipsos says 70% of the people they asked think that 2024 will be better than 2023, showing that more people are feeling hopeful.
- Big economies won’t have a recession in 2024.
- Goldman Sachs thinks rich countries won’t change interest rates until the second half of 2024 unless their economy gets worse. Poorer countries might make changes sooner.
- AI will be in our daily lives and affect all kinds of jobs. This brings both good and bad things, and people will worry about fairness in the job sector.
- We need to quickly do something about climate change, and technology, clean energy, and carbon capture can help.
- Working from home or a mix of home and office work will stay popular. This is good for working anywhere but can make people feel lonely.
- Because of new technology, we’ll need to learn new skills. Developed countries will need more teachers.
