Has the pandemic changed how we view healthcare systems and our interaction with them? Are people more reluctant to go to hospitals? Will they forgo certain surgeries now? Citi Research surveyed 5,000 adults in the U.S. to glean more specifics about current sentiment. The survey’s findings are in a new report by Citi’s Ralph Giacobbe. The top lines are summarized here.

More time and money to spend during lockdown has fuelled a rise in pet ownership among younger millennial and Gen-Z consumers- pushing the U.S. pet care market to retail sales of $107 billion last year. As the economy opens up, and alternatives for their disposable income re-emerge, will these consumers continue to pay a premium for pet care? A new report by Citi Research’s Wendy Nicholson takes a closer look at this rapidly growing sector.

When the world’s most populous country conducts a census, the results are keenly awaited around the globe. As we highlight in this summary, economist Xiangrong Yu believes the census shows China to be at an inflection point in what he terms a great demographic transition. Challenges and opportunities abound.

Post the outbreak of Covid-19, activity is picking up notably in China’s on-demand retail and delivery markets. We summarize an overview of these consumer segments by analyst Alicia Yap.

In Mid-Year Outlook 2021, we examine our exit from the pandemic and what lies beyond. We highlight the assets that still offer recovery potential even after the strong rally of the last year. But we also explain why these are unlikely to be the investments that lead markets higher in the long term. We thus seek to exploit the trends that will keep reshaping the world beyond COVID.