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August 18, 2025
Greek statistics
August 18, 2025
When Accurate Statistics Are a Crime

Politically painful, the quest for Greece's accurate economic statistics had unusual results for its government statisticians.

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July 24, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Social Security COLAs
July 24, 2025
How the U.S. Can Borrow Less

As a metric that indicates whether a country is borrowing too much, the debt to GDP ratio focuses on borrowing and growth.

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July 17, 2025
big Mac prices
July 17, 2025
What We Can Learn From a Big Mac

Because the Big Mac is almost identical in different nations, it is a handy way to compare currencies and wages.

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July 16, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pet spending
July 16, 2025
What a Cat Costs Us

While many of us focus on how much we spend our time and money on dogs, pet food maker Mars is targeting our pet spending on cats.

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June 17, 2025
electrical grid stress
June 17, 2025
What We Need To Know About Energy Production and Consumption

Comparing U.S. energy production and consumption to the rest of the world, we discover one major difference.

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June 15, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Social Security COLAs
June 15, 2025
How the Economy Fights Our Wars

Hiding in plain sight, wartime economics make it possible for us to commemorate the military successes of the past 250 years.

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June 8, 2025
printing currency
June 8, 2025
How to Design Money

Through the currency images the United Kingdom and Mexico selected, they wound up with very different kinds of monarchs.

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June 4, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and African debt
June 4, 2025
What Should We Know About African Debt?

Rarely in the headlines, African debt is a worry because of its its cost and China's role as a major lender.

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April 30, 2025
government spending
April 30, 2025
Why It’s So Tough to Cut Government Spending

Knowing the massive number of people that depend on goverrnment spending, we can see why cutting the budget will be tough.

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April 24, 2025
eekly Economic News Roundup and check use
April 24, 2025
How Our Check Use Has Changed

Accelerating the recent trend toward less check use, a Presidential executive order mandates eliminating government checks.

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April 20, 2025
Thailand tourism
April 20, 2025
How the Dip in Tourism Depresses the GDP

While "White Lotus" is propelling Thailand's tourism, in the United States, tourism demand has begun to plunge.

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April 17, 2025
impact of Trump tariffs
April 17, 2025
Preserving the Federal Reserve

Further extending the power of the presidency, Mr. Trump could jeopardize Fed independence and effective monetary policy.

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