Economic News Presentation of students of the direction "Economics“ profile Financial control and state audit Ksenia Musareva and Sofia Kabanova Most people do not believe workers will return to the office full-time after the coronavirus pandemic A total of 70% of 1,684 people polled predicted that workers would "never return to offices at the same rate". The majority of workers said that they would prefer to work from home either full-time or at least some of the time. But managers raised concerns that creativity in the workplace would be affected. Slight increase in Scotland's employment rate New figures show 74% of people were in employment between August and September- slightly more than the previous quarter. The number of people in work in Scotland rose slightly during the summer as job vacancies hit a record high, according to official figures. Price rises have seen the biggest jump since records began in 1997 as the economy continued to reopen. Official figures show that the increase in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, hit 3.2% in the year to August. Higher prices in restaurants and for recreation and food were behind the spike, up from 2% the previous month. The cost of living rose less rapidly in July because of lower clothing and footwear prices. • "A failure to raise the debt limit would have serious negative consequences," Goldman Sachs economists wrote in a report to clients Monday titled "The debt limit looks riskier than usual.“ The Wall Street bank added that if Congress does not raise the debt limit in time, the Treasury Department would need to halt more than 40% of expected payments -- including some to households • Eleven packages of cocaine with a total weight of more than 12 kg were found on the beaches of Pas-de-Calais Deputy Prosecutor of Rennes Patrick Leleu told reporters that packages of cocaine with a total weight of 12 kg were found on the beaches of Pas-de-Calais between Ambletez and CapGris-Nez. More than 150 tons of strong alcohol (Chinese vodka), stored in the warehouse of the manufacturing company in the southwest of China in Sichuan province, was spilled as a result of the earthquake that occurred on September 16 Thank you for your attention
