Friday, November 01, 2024

Inside Job

Warren Buffett’s 2023 Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders

Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain 

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Starred Playlist

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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Summary

EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - MARCH 2020Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $37.73 per hour worked in March 2020,the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...

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World Economic Outlook June 2020, IMF

World Economic Outlook, June 2020 Update    Selected Economies Real GDP Growth    (Percent change)         Difference from April 2020 WEO Projections 1/    Projections   2018201920202021 20202021          Argentina–2.5–2.2–9.93.9 –4.2–0.5 Australia2.81.8–4.54.0 2.2–2.1 Brazil1.31.1–9.13.6 –3.80.7 Canada2.01.7–8.44.9 –2.20.7 China6.76.11.08.2 –0.2–1.0 Egypt 2/5.35.62.02.0 0.0–0.8 France1.81.5–12.57.3 –5.32.8 Germany1.50.6–7.85.4 –0.80.2 India 2/6.14.2–4.56.0 –6.4–1.4 Indonesia5.25.0–0.36.1 –0.8–2.1 Iran 2/–5.4–7.6–6.03.1 0.00.0 Italy0.80.3–12.86.3 –3.71.5 Japan0.30.7–5.82.4 –0.6–0.6 Kazakhstan4.14.5–2.73.0 –0.2–1.1 Korea2.92.0–2.13.0 –0.9–0.4 Malaysia4.74.3–3.86.3 –2.1–2.7 Mexico2.2–0.3–10.53.3 –3.90.3 Netherlands2.61.8–7.75.0 –0.22.0 Nigeria1.92.2–5.42.6 –2.00.2 Pakistan 2/5.51.9–0.41.0 1.1–1.0 Philippines6.36.0–3.66.8 –4.2–0.8 Poland5.34.1–4.64.2 0.00.0 Russia2.51.3–6.64.1 –1.10.6 Saudi Arabia2.40.3–6.83.1 –4.50.2 South Africa0.80.2–8.03.5 –2.2–0.5 Spain2.42.0–12.86.3 –4.82.0 Thailand4.22.4–7.75.0 –1.0–1.1 Turkey2.80.9–5.05.0 0.00.0 United Kingdom1.31.4–10.26.3 –3.72.3 United States2.92.3–8.04.5 –2.1–0.2          Source: International Monetary Fund, World...

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Jobless Claims Top Estimates

https://www.bloomberg.com/?sref=oRnc1sFbMore than one-third of America’s lowest-paid workers were laid off during the pandemic-induced recession, about four times the number of job losses experienced by the top earners, according to new research...

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A Crisis like no other, an uncertain recovery

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2020/06/24/WEOUpdateJune2020Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative...

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Balance of Payments

U.S. International Transactions, First Quarter 2020 and Annual UpdateCurrent Account Deficit Narrows by 0.1 Percent in First QuarterCurrent Account Balance, First QuarterThe U.S. current account deficit, which reflects the combined balances...

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