Why are #tariffs are so often “slapped” on goods and rarely “placed”?

Looking for wrong answers only 😁 #econsky #economics #canada #usa #trade

Good morning #econsky! Who is worried about the global effect of U.S. tariffs? Getting your crystal ball out, are we thinking regime shift in global economics or just another change the economy will absorb with ease? #tariff #economics #canada #usa

Breaking: Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Columbia House Record Club.

BREAKING: MicroSoft, $MSFT, is in talks to acquire TikTok, Trump has said per Reuters.

Is the RBC Curse real? Some believe that Canadian companies that surpass RBC's market valuation are doomed to fail. I wrote an article diving into some of the history.

open.substack.com/pub/andrewjd...

#finance #econsky $SHOP $RY #shopify #rbc #data #analysis #rstats #finsky

I had the pleasure of being invited as a guest on the Mean, Median, and Moose podcast where panelists discuss the greatest Canadian, using AI to make better use of Health Canada documentation, and how decision on inflation are made.

meanmedianmoose.ca/2025/01/20/i...

#opendata #canada #podcast

Would you trust a ‘cheapskate’ to show you how to analyze financial data? You don’t need deep pockets to get started doing financial data analysis and I can show you how. Check out my new Substack post for an unconventional guide to free finance tools.
https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewjdyck/p/in…

Do you feel like information about finance is locked behind paywalls? My article below is the start of a series on how to find and use financial information without breaking the bank.

https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewjdyck/p/introducing-the-cheapskate-quant?r=697fo

The {walkscore} #RStats 📦 "provides a tidy interface to the Walk Score API", which scores a location's 'walkability' on a scale of 0 to 100. The API free tier allows 5,000 calls per day. Returns bike & public transit scores too!

github.com/chris3141592...

By Christopher Belanger. On CRAN.

#Rstats #Rstudio General Social Survey: confidence/trust in US institutions. Look at science post 2020!

Air quality data in Canada shows the large impact that increasing wildfire activity has on Canadians. Take a look at my analysis below.

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#climatechange #wildfires #airquality #yqr #sk #yxe #skpoli

@natalie.sh I’ve been watching your Bluesky counter page periodically over the last week or two. Very nice work! Where does the 30 million milestone come from?

Thai explains my relationship with social media. 😆

Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"

It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...

Excellent analysis of the relationship between a vibrant downtown economic zone and parking. Have a read!

Hello #rstats Bluesky. Looking for input on a graphic I’m working on. I’m looking to use the GitHub contributions style ploy to show daily air quality readings. Any advice to improve this? What colour scheme would you use? #analytics #dataviz #opendata #airquality #wildfire

I wrote something about #wildfires in Canada. 2023 was a HUGE outlier according to the #opendata on the topic. 2024 was still quite high but tempered a bit by decent spring rains. What’s the outlook for 2025?

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