- Fed opts for 75-basis-point rate hike, flags weakening economic data https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/federal-reserve-opts-75-basis-point-rate-hike-flags-weakening-economic-data-2840176 5 comments economy
- Biden's economic point man draws praise — and pushback https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/14/brian-deese-biden-economy-backlash-469011 10 comments politics
- Dow drops more than 600 points on fears rising coronavirus cases could slow down economic recovery https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/27/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html 7 comments politics
- Bitcoin’s rise amid economic woes points to emerging roles for blockchain currencies https://due.com/blog/bitcoins-rise-amid-economic-woes-points-emerging-roles-blockchain-currencies/ 45 comments technology
- Biden economic adviser points to spending package as solution to rising inflation https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/581455-wh-economic-adviser-points-to-spending-package-as-solution-to 27 comments politics
- Dow drops 800 points on mounting concerns over the coronavirus and the global economic recovery https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/27/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html 7 comments politics
- Dow slides more than 1,800 points on fears of coronavirus resurgence, more economic pain https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/11/markets-today-fed-coronavirus/ 38 comments politics
- The 2020s are set to be an economic turning point, says global banking giant https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-13/the-2020s-set-to-be-an-economic-turning-point/11699386 8 comments worldnews
- Housing is providing another in a line of troubling signs pointing to an economic downturn https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/home-sales-point-to-recession-in-late-2019-or-2020-fed-economist-says.html 4 comments politics
- "We have now reached a point.... where national debt will account for 90% of American economic output by 2012" http://www.prosebeforehos.com/progressive-economics/06/11/the-growth-of-american-national-debt/ 21 comments politics
- Pelosi, Schumer say $908 billion economic relief package should be starting point for new talks https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/02/stimulus-congress-pelosi-schumer/ 27 comments politics
- Dow falls more than 500 points after Powell warns of gloomy economic outlook https://thehill.com/policy/finance/497633-dow-falls-more-than-500-points-after-powell-warns-of-gloomy-economic-outlook 24 comments politics
- Dow tumbles 500 points after Fed’s Powell says economic path ahead ‘highly uncertain’ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-index-futures-edge-higher-ahead-of-remarks-by-feds-powell-2020-05-13?mod=home-page 61 comments politics
- Poll: Biden leads Trump by 10 points as economic pessimism grows https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/490163-poll-biden-leads-trump-by-10-points-as-economic-pessimism-grows 449 comments politics
- Demonetisation caused 3 percentage point decline in jobs, economic activity, says new study https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/demonetisation-caused-3-percentage-point-decline-jobs-economic-activity/story/383338.html 12 comments india
- CEOs' confidence in economy surges - Economic Outlook Index jumps 11 points https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/american-economy-business-roundtable-ceo-investments 5 comments economics
- Trump's net economic approval rating collapsed 15 points in one month, according to a new poll https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-economic-approval-rating-crashed-15-points-in-month-poll-2020-7 6 comments politics
- Dow tumbles 800 points in biggest one day fall of year on global economic growth slowdown https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-futures-down-over-300-points-on-global-growth-concerns-yield-curve-inversion-2019-08-14?siteid=rss&rss=1 137 comments politics
- 'Dilbert's' 9-point financial plan worthy of economics Nobel - MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7Bbe57f0aa%2D03d9%2D4320%2Dbc4d%2D83363b6372f6%7D&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo 56 comments reddit.com
- Local maxima and the fallacy of jumping to fixed-points: examples from economics, evolution, and computer science. https://egtheory.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/fallacy-of-fixed-points/ 23 comments math
- I wrote a page on Eth 2.0 economics. Hopefully it can be a starting point for discussions on why it's so important. Please come contribute! https://github.com/ethhub-io/ethhub/blob/master/ethereum-101/monetary-policy/eth-2.0-economics.md 27 comments ethereum
- Bernie Sanders Takes On Walmart: It’s gotten to the point that the American taxpayers are paying an additional $6 billion in economic support for Walmart’s employees who are in need of welfare and food stamps and other subsidies just to survive. http://www.politicallore.com/bernie-sanders-takes-on-walmart/1618 3763 comments politics
- Vanishing Workforce Weighs On Growth: "Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth." http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/vanishing-workforce-weighs-on-growth/2013/04/06/2bc46116-9e20-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html 28 comments politics
- Americans now by a 20-point margin -- 55% vs. 35% -- say they worry more that the government would raise the debt ceiling without plans for major spending cuts, than that the government would not raise the ceiling and an economic crisis would ensue. http://www.gallup.com/poll/148562/americans-including-republicans-debt-compromise.aspx 9 comments politics
- Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says. Researchers find that economic, emissions and population trends point to very small chance Earth will avoid warming more than 2C by century’s end https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/31/paris-climate-deal-2c-warming-study 965 comments science
- Conservatives are losing their edge — quickly " ... that goes for both economic and social issues. In fact, the conservative advantage in both of those areas is as low as it has been (or lower) than at any point since the start of the 21st Century." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/28/conservatives-are-losing-their-edge-quickly/?tid=rssfeed 10 comments politics
- Dow plunges 275 points: Is stock market starting to smell recession? -- A poor US jobs report Friday sent the stock market down sharply, and other economic data coming in from Europe and China also did not boost optimism. http://www.csmonitor.com/business/2012/0601/dow-plunges-275-points-is-stock-market-starting-to-smell-recession 4 comments business
- Egypt's Looming Economic Shock Doctrine - As the country’s fiscal climate worsens, signs point to the continuation of the same Mubarak-era policies that sparked the revolution http://www.thenation.com/article/167159/egypts-looming-economic-shock-doctrine 8 comments worldnews
- Did you hear FDR prolonged the Great Depression? Conservatives' newest talking point - designed to stop Congress from passing an economic stimulus package - is breathtaking. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/02/sirota_fdr_depression/ 4 comments business
- New study predicts coastal protection could limit migration to 17 to 72 million people during the 21st century—less than half of some previous estimates. From a purely economic point of view, it makes sense to protect about 3% of global coastline—mainly around densely populated cities & floodplains. https://news.agu.org/press-release/coastal-protection-can-significantly-reduce-migration-from-sea-level-rise/ 3 comments science
- With Apologies to ‘The Washington Post,’ What Bernie Sanders Says About Economic Inequality Is Especially Meaningful | The senator should not be taking heat for using “numbers that add up” to make a point about economic injustice. https://www.thenation.com/article/washington-post-bernie-sanders-2020/ 39 comments politics
- Brexit: Bank of England governor shreds Boris Johnson's claim for avoiding economic damage after no-deal - Mark Carney says law to avoid trade tariffs can only be used if there is an agreement and the central point of a no-deal Brexit is - there is no deal https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-mark-carney-boris-johnson-no-deal-economy-uk-bank-england-a8968431.html 38 comments worldnews
- Don't let the economic morons convince you that segwit PLUS 2MB will introduce too much (excess) capacity. This last bull run, the transaction capacity reached the breaking point: Excessive fees and long delays. Imagine the capacity we will need for the next bull run this fall/winter.... https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6m8ts4/dont_let_the_economic_morons_convince_you_that/ 20 comments btc
- The market will go much higher than this. I am not a economist, just a layman. Reason: Low interest rates, and we are still at an early point in the economic cycle. https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/5wwkho/the_market_will_go_much_higher_than_this_i_am_not/ 77 comments wallstreetbets
- Economic reality of Donald Trump's energy claims: Plunging oil and gas prices have pointed to a fundamental flaw in Mr. Trump’s argument - At a certain point, production of oil and gas will push prices too low to justify even more production. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/us/donald-trump-energy-economy.html?_r=0 15 comments politics
- New analysis of the effects of melting permafrost in the Arctic points to $43 trillion in extra economic damage by the end of the next century, on top of the more than the $300 trillion economic damage already predicted. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150921112731.htm 5 comments science
- China used more cement in 3 years than the U.S. did in the entire 20th Century - China's massive cement use also points to a darker side of the economy: The waste that occurs with too much top-down economic planning, and the environmental toll of growth at all costs http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/24/how-china-used-more-cement-in-3-years-than-the-u-s-did-in-the-entire-20th-century/ 12 comments worldnews
- Drop in Jobless Claims Points to Economic Rally: "Shoppers spent more in November at retail stores and restaurants, as tumbling gas prices left them with more money to spend on other goods and services...Manufacturing output has now surpassed its prerecession peak. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/business/economy/drop-in-jobless-claims-points-to-economic-rally.html?ref=economy 4 comments politics
- A President Who’ll Cut Social Security – And Liberals Who Love Him Too Much. The spectacle of a supposedly liberal President repeatedly and needlessly trying to cut Social Security is enough to bring a reasonable, economically literate person to the point of existential despair. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/08-2 12 comments politics
- Global Warming no longer cool..“Another key finding: remember to speak in TALKING POINTS aspirational language about shared American ideals, like freedom, prosperity, independence and self-sufficiency while avoiding jargon and details about policy, science, economics or technology,” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/us/politics/02enviro.html?_r=1 4 comments reddit.com