Philipp Heimberger

If you do not like the statistics (job numbers), discredit the statistical agency and fire the statistical director. A pattern in authoritarian regimes.

Donald Trump fires US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report President claims July employment figures were ‘rigged’ in latest assault on economic institutions

Source: www.ft.com/content/023b...

If you do not like the statistics (job numbers), discredit the statistical agency and fire the statistical director. A pattern in authoritarian regimes.

"The term 'macroeconomics' hadn't even been coined yet; it would flower as a field of study only as people began digesting and interpreting 'The General Theory'. Keynes was... helping invent the modern economist and placing him at the apex of a new intellectual power structure."

"The term 'macroeconomics' hadn't even been coined yet; it would flower as a field of study only as people began digesting and interpreting 'The General Theory'. Keynes was... helping invent the modern economist and placing him at the apex of a new intellectual power structure."

Young adults in the English-speaking World are very unhappy. The young adult mental wellbeing crisis is much more pronounced in the English-speaking world than in Western Europe.

House prices have increased much more steeply in the English-speaking countries than in Western Europe.

Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy? Society sold the dream of home ownership — then cruelly snatched it away

Source: www.ft.com/content/0c62...

Young adults in the English-speaking World are very unhappy. The young adult mental wellbeing crisis is much more pronounced in the English-speaking world than in Western Europe.

Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy? Society sold the dream of home ownership — then cruelly snatched it away

Source: www.ft.com/content/0c62...

House prices have increased much more steeply in the English-speaking countries than in Western Europe.

Europe has replaced the lost US aid to Ukraine in 2025.

The Ukraine war will shape the world We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s

Source: www.ft.com/content/b9d7...

Europe has replaced the lost US aid to Ukraine in 2025.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that Trump's tax cuts will add trillions of dollars to the US fiscal deficit.

More than 600,000 mostly young, highly educated Greeks left Greece between 2010 and 2021.

In 2023, Greece saw a net inflow of people for the first time in more than a decade.

China's holdings of US government bonds have declined substantially and are now below those of the UK.

Donald Trump: six months in six charts US president has had profound impact at home and abroad with tumultuous start to second term

Source: www.ft.com/content/bba4...

The Congressional Budget Office projects that Trump's tax cuts will add trillions of dollars to the US fiscal deficit.

UK overtakes China as second-largest US Treasury holder Fall in recorded Chinese holdings highlights Beijing’s push to diversify reserves away from America

Source: www.ft.com/content/894c...

China's holdings of US government bonds have declined substantially and are now below those of the UK.

Greek companies tour Europe to lure back skilled nationals More than a decade after an economic crisis triggered an exodus, government wants skilled workers to return

Source: www.ft.com/content/c924...

More than 600,000 mostly young, highly educated Greeks left Greece between 2010 and 2021.

In 2023, Greece saw a net inflow of people for the first time in more than a decade.

Interesting paper with new data on working from home: "the pandemic-driven shift to remote work has persisted and reached a new equilibrium... average WFH rates among college-educated employees stabilized after 2022... roughly 1 day per week globally 2023 through early 2025."

Source: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

Interesting paper with new data on working from home: "the pandemic-driven shift to remote work has persisted and reached a new equilibrium... average WFH rates among college-educated employees stabilized after 2022... roughly 1 day per week globally 2023 through early 2025."

Fed chair Janet Yellen was interrupted more often and more aggressively during congressional hearings than male Fed chairs. The evidence suggests that this is neither due to content nor due to the tone of Yellen's communication, but an outcome of sexism.

Yellin’ at Yellen: Hostile Sexism in the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings | The Journal of Politics How prevalent is hostile sexism among US politicians? We analyze the transcripts of every congressional hearing attended by the chair of the US Federal Reserve from 2001 to 2020 using Janet Yellen as ...

Paper: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Free-access version: bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/u...

Fed chair Janet Yellen was interrupted more often and more aggressively during congressional hearings than male Fed chairs. The evidence suggests that this is neither due to content nor due to the tone of Yellen's communication, but an outcome of sexism.

Government interest payments in Italy accounted for 25% of total tax revenue in the mid-1990s. They are projected at 8.4% in 2026.

🇩🇪: 7.6% in 1995, 2.3% in 2026.