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Rest of the World buying dollars
by David Beckworth > Just a reminder that the rest of the world is still rapidly buying dollars-denominated assets from United States. Related Datasets Monetary - Global - FRED - Rest of the World Total Financial...
Covid cases, hospitalisations & deaths on the rise across Europe
By John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch "NEW: Covid cases, hospitalisations & deaths on the rise again across Europe, with rates of all three metrics surpassing the UK in many countries Starting in the west: Belgium, Netherlands & Germany in particular experiencing sharp increases in not only cases but ICU & deaths too." Related Dataset Misc - Global - OurWorldInData Coronavirus Dataset -...
CO2 emissions and economic growth
By Max Roser @MaxCRoser "It's been a reality for a long time that trade-adjusted CO2 emissions decline in high-income countries. But people still ask me whether there is any country that ever achieved this!" Related Datasets Misc - Global - CO2 emissions and CO2 emissions per capita Activity - Global - World Bank - World Development Indicators - Gross Domestic...
Shock resistance
by Mike Bird "Even as consumer prices surge across much of the world, and massive rises in import costs, Japan simply WILL NOT countenance any inflation. Outright refusal. No dice. https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/11/20/the-case-of-the-curiously-quiescent-inflation-rate" #Global Related Datasets Prices - Global - OCDE - Consumer Price...
Global trade openness over time
By Agathe Demarais @AgatheDemarais "A historical perspective on trade and globalisation... World's merchandise exports have grown from ~5% of global GDP in 1950s to 20-25% currently. Average tariffs rate has been declining for three decades almost everywhere; United States among only exceptions." Related Datasets BOP - Global - World Bank - Trade - Trade as a Share of GDP BOP - Global - World Bank - Trade - Mean Weighted Tariff...