What caught my eye: Knowledge and growth, factories of ideas, and much more…

eagle-economist.com/2025/11/09/w...

US Economy – Surprisingly robust, but for how long?

eagle-economist.com/2025/10/03/u...

What caught my eye in August: Market turbulences, geopolitical fragmentation, the health of the U.S. economy, and much more…

eagle-economist.com/2024/09/02/w...

What a valuable and well-written overview on "Tax Incidence Anomalies" by Youssef Benzarti

www.nber.org/papers/w32819

The global economy in pictures: Glass production
"Glass manufacturing has an age-old tradition ... processes have constantly evolved from craftsmanship to today’s high-tech industrial processes" (Glass Alliance Europa)
eagle-economist.com/2024/08/06/t...

Quote of the day: How to develop a good theory?

Find it out here:
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The global economy in pictures

eagle-economist.com/2024/08/01/t...

Hyundai Motor Group car factory (Source: pexels)

More about Hyundai Motor Group:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai...

Quote of the day: What is the hardest thing to understand?

Find it out here:😀
eagle-economist.com/2024/08/01/q...

In the USA, the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2024 was just slightly revised downward: +0.3 percent (+1.3 percent annualized).

www.bea.gov/news/2024/gr...

Interesting and important paper!

Measuring What is Top of Mind by Ingar K. Haaland, Christopher Roth, Stefanie Stantcheva, and Johannes Wohlfart

"We survey the recent literature in economics measuring what is on top of people's minds using open-ended questions."

www.nber.org/papers/w32421

Interesting article on Ecoscope (OECD):

"In most advanced economies, the estimated level of excess household savings accumulated during the pandemic and as yet unspent is high"

Whither excess household savings? A key known unknown

oecdecoscope.blog/2024/02/29/w...

More bad news for the German economy: Exports decreased by 4.6 % in December 2023 (compared to November). The decline in imports was 6.7%.
www.destatis.de/EN/Press/202...

Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as market focuses on timing of 2024 cuts

www.ft.com/content/b4b1...

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Labor productivity in the United States increased at a pretty impressive pace over the summer of 2023. Is it the beginning of a productivity revival?

Solid increase in U.S. construction spending in November 2023 (+0.4% compared to October). Manufacturing construction increased at a rate of 0.5 %, continuing its upward trend. Since November 2022, manufacturing construction increased by more than 50%.

www.census.gov/construction...

Good news: US Consumer Confidence Increases!

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index increased in December to 110.7

www.conference-board.org/topics/consu...

Overall, these are good numbers for the U.S. economy. Inflation is low, modest but positive growth in consumption expenditures:

www.bea.gov/news/2023/pe...