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Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather on a potentially record-breaking El Niño. Tim Harford on prison recalls, UK millionaires, ...

Even with 16x the GDP, Sales Are the Same: Verifying the Statement of Akim, Who Runs a Sandal Factory in Nigeria, with Numbers

Akim (Myong-Jong Ha), a Japanese entrepreneur living in Nigeria who launched a sandal factory there, posted the following ...
The Times of Israel

OECD says economies weathering Iran war shocks, but warns of persisting inflation

Economic growth has remained “resilient” in many countries despite the war in the Middle East, the OECD says, slightly raising its GDP forecasts for the year. Global economic growth is now seen at 2.9 ...
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Higher oil prices from the war in the Middle East: assessing the headwinds for euro area growth

Brent crude oil price dynamics around geopolitical oil supply disruptions (percentage change relative to the quarter preceding the shock) Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and ECB ...