Global 2020 Vision, Kansas on the Rise, London Houses: Eco Day

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Good morning Americas. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:

• A lot has to go right for the world economy to steer clear of a deeper slowdown in the next 12 months, Bloomberg Economics Chief Economist Tom Orlik writes
• The synapses are sizzling in the Lawrence, Kansas, metropolitan area. The home of the University of Kansas climbed into the top 20 communities in the Bloomberg Brain Concentration Index -- advancing by 33 spots over the past three years
• To reach Mexican growth rates anywhere near the 4% that the president is targeting, higher productivity is a must
• Asking prices for London homes resumed their downward slide in November, with losses in the U.K. capital’s outer areas outweighing some signs of stabilization in the center
• Israel’s economy accelerated rapidly in the third quarter thanks to public and private spending, complicating the outlook for next week’s central bank decision
• With Shinzo Abe set to become Japan’s longest-serving premier later this week, his namesake economic strategy, Abenomics, still lacks traction despite progress in supporting growth
• After months of political protests and the onset of a recession, Hong Kong’s resilient labor market is starting to crack
• China’s central bank said it will “increase counter-cyclical adjustment” to ward off downward pressure on the economy, while staying vigilant on the possibility of expectations that inflation may spread; it also cut the interest rate on its seven-day reverse repurchase agreements for the first time since 2015
• Finally, here’s a look at what’s coming up in the global economy in a week where central bankers in the U.S. and Europe will come under the microscope

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