Several studies present educated guesses about how many jobs will become obsolete over the next few decades. They see 9% to 57% of all jobs in developed economies as being potentially at risk of being replaced by robots.5 How accurate is this picture? Well, some of these figures probably exaggerate what is going to happen.
And only if all countries can maintain a sustainable position can there be closer euro area integration. EMU was not set up for some members to be permanent creditors and others to be permanent debtors. 2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  Why competitiveness matters With this basis in place, the second element is to improve competitiveness.