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5 Unusual Economic Indicators That Can Tell You About the Economy

Trade Brains

Unusual Economic Indicators : You might have heard about indicators like the Big Mac Index (if you haven’t, you can read our previous article). However, there are many other lesser-known indicators that can actually provide valuable insights and are helpful for the economy. Most Unusual Economic Indicators 1. What is it?

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Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2024. 2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 Or will the economy lose jobs? Or will the economy lose jobs? million jobs in 2023. million jobs in 2023.

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What’s Wrong with China’s Economy?

Trade Brains

And now the world’s 2nd largest economy is experiencing a fall after the covid lockdown recovery. 2023 was supposed to be China’s economic comeback year. It is also not shocking that China is reducing the release of lots of public economic data. And this is not the first time China’s economy has run into trouble.

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How Does The Stock Market Affect The Economy?

Trade Brains

Understanding How Does Stock Market Affect The Economy: The stock market and the economy are in a lot of talk in recent days. Seeing the market indexes declined by over 30% within a month, an obvious question among people is to understand how does the stock market affects the economy. How the Stock Market Affect the Economy?

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Question #2 for 2023: How much will job growth slow in 2023? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2023. 2) Employment: The economy added 4.5 2) Employment: The economy added 4.5 Or will the economy lose jobs? If the Fed drives the economy into recession (to cool inflation), then we could see job losses in 2023.

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Paul Singer, Who Predicted The Economic Crises, On What’s Next

Validea

Paul Singer, founder of Elliott Management and well-known for predicting the financial crisis of 2008, calls the current environment “an extraordinarily dangerous and confusing period,” in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. But for long-term prosperity in the U.S.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • The sneaky economics of Ticketmaster : Ticketmaster’s maligned fees and customer service issues are again under the microscope. The Hustle ). • What Is the Bond Market Saying About the Economy? Will American music fans ever see anything better? ( New York Times ). • Economist ).

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