PARIS: As populations age around the world, economies will be held back and growth trends will slow sharply in the next 20 years, a report forecast on Thursday.

The mismatch of old people to the numbers of people at work is no longer a shadow only over advanced economies; it now extends to emerging markets as well, a report by rating agency Moody’s said.

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