Economics and Government

IMD World Competitive Ranking Report 2025

Switzerland and Venezuela are at opposite ends, how surprising 🤣 https://www.imd.org/centers/wcc/world-competitiveness-center/rankings/world-competitiveness-ranking/ More concerning: France at rank 47 Germany at rank 27, which is probably too kind the US at 33 the UK at 36,...See more

Trump Shows Off CNBC Touting Tariffs

"How The Hell Did They Cut Trade Deficit In Half In One Month?" https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/30/trump_plays_cnbc_touting_tariffs_how_the_hell_did_they_cut_trade_deficit_in_half.html

Just as a reminder, because it is so funny: http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-3percent-20170519-story.html https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-fed/atlanta-fed-raises-u-s-second-quarter-gdp-view-to-4-8-percent-idUSKBN1JA2DM

How the stock market performs vs president and Congress

Forbes did the leg work and presented the stock market performance based on which party controlled the presidency, the House and the Senate. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2020/08/25/how-stocks-performed-based-on-political-party-of-president-and-congress-1977-through-2019/ Too bad they didn't include inflation... you'll have to extract that from, for example, here: https://www.macrotrends.net/2497/historical-inflation-rate-by-year

What $4 million will buy you in London