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Russia’s frequent airstrikes on Ukraine’s power grid have caused days-long outages of electricity, water and heating during a winter that…

As of yesterday (discussion in WSJ): CBR estimates 0.9% growth for 2025 y/y. It also estimates y/y December inflation at…

Post-benchmark revision, here are changes in the BLS and ADP series: Figure 1: Change in BLS private nonfarm payroll employment…

Since March 2022, the Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) has been preparing monthly reviews of Ukraine’s economy during a full-scale…

To prepare for teaching, I am reading a famous article in AI research: The Bitter Lesson, written by Richard Sutton…

September P/E ratio at 28. Figure 1: CAPE (blue), P/E ratio (light brown). NBER defined peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray.…

Authors: Maksym SamoiliukCentre for Economic Strategy. Garry PolushkinBerlin Economics. Translated from the original published in FAZ PRO World Economy. Four…

0:37Intro. [Recording date: December 29, 2025.]Russ Roberts:Today is December 29th, 2025, and my guest is the writer, Aled Maclean-Jones. His…

Democrats/Lean Democratic current conditions assessment is relative insensitive to Trump being president, and statistically significantly related to news sentiment. Republican/Lean…

From BLS: Figure 1: Price of Ground Beef (red, left scale), of Ground Coffee (brown, right scale), in $/lb., n.s.a.…