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Jan Schneekloth
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''Das Einzelhandelsvolumen im Euroraum im Oktober 2025 verglichen mit Oktober 2024
stieg bei Nahrungsmitteln, Getränken und Tabakwaren um 0,9%,
stieg im Nicht-Nahrungsmittelsektor (ohne Motorenkraftstoffe) um 2,1%,
stieg bei Motorenkraftstoffen in Tankstellen um 1,8%.'' ec.europa.eu/eurostat/de/...
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
''[...]Bas hinted [..]that if the pension bill doesn’t make it through it could [..]end [.]the coalition. That could potentially lead to a fresh national election at a time when[...]AfD, is in first place in some polls, buoyed by anxiety over the stagnant economy.'' www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
''“Hiring has been choppy of late as employers weather cautious consumers and an uncertain macroeconomic environment,” Nela Richardson,[...], said in a statement. “And while November’s slowdown was broad-based, it was led by a pullback among small businesses.”'' www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
''For developing countries, the growing role of finance in trade brings real vulnerabilities. Currency swings make imports and debt more expensive.Shifts in global risk appetite can cut off credit.And financial volatility tends to hit their markets harder and more often.'' unctad.org/news/over-90...
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
''The measure looks for a short, sharp rise in unemployment, which tends to happen when a recession is on the way, by comparing the current unemployment rate with its trough over the past year. In August 2024 it hit the danger zone, but only briefly.'' www.economist.com/finance-and-... #unemployment
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
''[...]the people actually responsible for implementing AI may not be as forward-thinking,perhaps because they are worried about the tech putting them out of a job[...]finds that while 87%of executives use AI on the job,just 57% of managers and 27%of employees do.'' www.economist.com/finance-and-...
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
''Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) stagnierte – preis-, saison- und kalenderbereinigt – im 3. Quartal 2025 (0,0 %)gegenüber dem 2. Quartal 2025.[...]. „Die Konjunktur wurde im 3. Quartal von schwachen Exporten gebremst, während die Investitionen leicht zulegten“,[...]''
www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pr...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
''Baby boomers have accumulated $85.4 trillion in wealth through the second quarter, according to Federal Reserve data. That’s nearly twice as much as Gen X and four times more than millennials. Younger generations are more likely to have debt, [...]'' #GenX www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
''[...]poorest economies[.]not growing means[..]progress against extreme poverty[...]will end[...]Progress against extreme poverty was one of humanity's most outstanding achievements[...]the end of it would be one of the very worst realities of the coming ones.'' ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
''The data also suggest that purposeful work serves as a buffer against negative experiences. Only 13% of employees with strong work purpose report feeling burned out "very often" or "always," compared with 38% of those with low purpose.'' #employees #purpose #burnout
news.gallup.com/poll/697403/...
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
a visible effect of tariffs?
www.bea.gov/system/files...
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
''Von den fünf Jahren zuvor gegründeten war es[...]36,0 %.Die Gastronomie gehört damit im Fünf-Jahres-Vergleich zu den Wirtschaftszweigen mit[.]niedrigen Überlebensraten[...]Am niedrigsten war die Rate im Bereich„Kreative,künstlerische und unterhaltende Tätigkeiten“''
www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pr...
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
''Luego del 2,1% de septiembre, la inflación presentó una leve aceleración en octubre, al alcanzar el 2,3%, según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Indec).[...],la variación para los últimos doce meses fue de 31,3% y acumuló 24,8% en lo que va del 2025.''
www.infobae.com/economia/202...
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
''Roughly two-thirds of Mexico’s murders are linked to organised crime,...]. Extortion is rising. States[...]are riddled with criminal groups. [..] local police are [..]weak or non-existent—around 400 of Mexico’s 2,469 municipalities lack a local force altogether.'' www.economist.com/the-americas...
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
''Companies announced 153,074 job cuts last month, almost triple the number during the same month last year and driven by the technology and warehousing sectors. It’s the most for any October since 2003, when the advent of cellphones was similarly disruptive,[...]'' www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
''Zwar verminderte sich [.]die Zahl der Arbeitslosen im Grundsicherungssystem des SGB II. Hier ist der Anteil der Zuwanderer überproportional groß, und deren allmähliche Integration in Beschäftigung, [.]in die [.]Dienstleistungsbereiche, schreitet voran.''
publikationen.bundesbank.de/publikatione...
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
''The share of consumers that said jobs were currently hard to get edged up to 18.4%. At the same time, the share saying jobs were plentiful increased to 27.8%. The difference between these two — a metric [...] to gauge the job market — widened slightly.'' #jobs
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
''Milei dijo además que no habrá cambios en su círculo íntimo y tanto Santiago Caputo como su hermana Karina seguirán integrando el “Triángulo de Hierro”. “¿Dónde estaban ayer mientras yo daba mi discurso? No va a cambiar eso", dijo el Presidente.'' #triangulo #hierro
www.infobae.com/politica/202...
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
''The strongest “AI is displacing human workers” story you can tell from the data is that generative AI is displacing tasks, not jobs. The more a job consists of clearly-defined tasks, the more vulnerable it is. Freelancers are at the bottom of the ladder[...]'' #AI #KI
www.ft.com/content/3d26...
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
''Historically, political independents have been more likely than Democrats and Republicans to say a third party is needed. This year, 74% of independents, 58% of Democrats and 43% of Republicans hold that view.'' #gallup #independent #republicans #democrats #view
news.gallup.com/poll/696521/...
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
''That Trump appears to have made US financial support for Argentina contingent on Milei’s political success may both reduce his chances of winning, as voters react to [.] meddling in Argentine politics, and set the stage for an even more dramatic currency decline[...]'' www.ft.com/content/d4c7...
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
''I do try not to be a Luddite, and I am sure artificial intelligence will end up assisting us with all manner of scientific breakthroughs. I am also an eternal optimist. But I can’t help feeling that AI is, nonetheless, killing some of the magic of life.'' #AI #KI
www.ft.com/content/d003...
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
''The rise of AI algorithms created by OpenAI, Microsoft and Google is already disrupting white-collar sectors such as accounting, consulting and law, and threatening business models of companies such as advertisers, publishers and software groups.'' #AI #KI #machines www.ft.com/content/35d8...
October 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
''[...]reserves trying to stop the peso crashing out of the band.Those efforts have also sent overnight interest rates soaring past 100%,a huge drag on economic activity. A big electoral loss could trigger a bloodbath in markets,which fear Mr Trump will walk away.''
www.economist.com/the-americas...
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
''“Argentina has a local currency rejected by its population and no hard-currency reserves,mounting public debt with a history of default and no access to capital markets,”Gadano said.“It now faces debt payments it cannot cover and has [.] exhausted the resources[...]''
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM