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Here is the borrowing or surplus of every country as % of GDP for 2017 (source: International Monetary Fund),
Note: We have excluded the performance of Venezuela and Libya on the map because they are major outliers. They are included in the data set below.
Continue reading “Visualised: Borrowing or surplus of every country as % of GDP”
We have been analysing some numbers from the latest releases from Eurostat (the official statistical office of the European Union), the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan.
We will be posting several findings in the next couple of days. We begin with GDP per capita between 2007 and 2017 for countries which are part of the European Union based on a statistical release from the Eurostat.
The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney delivered a speech titled “The Future of Money” at the University of Edinburgh on March 2, 2018. Goes without saying Cryptocurrencies came up. Continue reading “The Governor of the Bank of England is right on cryptocurrencies”
Banks in the UK have set aside £42 billion (US $59 billion) to cover Payment Protection Insurance or PPI compensation so far (starting 2011). We will look at how much has this compensation contributed to the GDP. Continue reading “How much has Payment Protection Insurance or PPI compensation contributed to the UK GDP?”
We look at what would it mean if Cryptocurrencies contributed to economic data such as GDP (via mining activity) or global money supply (as a currency) in 2017 and some more things, Continue reading “If Cryptocurrencies contributed to economic data points such as GDP or global money supply in 2017 plus some other things”