There Is a Trade War but the US Didn’t Start It
Weighted average import tariffs in the US are less than half of those in China, less than a third of the world average, and nearly a quarter of those in India
The Top Export of Every Country in the World
More countries have crude petroleum or refined petroleum products as their largest export than any other category
Public Employment and Debt in Every State in the Union
Hawaii has the highest ratio of government workers, the second highest government payroll costs per capita, and a fairly high debt-to-GDP of 19%.
Map of the Day: Every Nuclear Explosion in History
The location of every known nuclear bomb explosion in history from the first nuclear explosion, the Trinity test in 1945, until 2015
Map of the Day: Every Country’s Top Immigrant Population
A staggering 244 million people live outside their country of birth
Bitcoin Now Worth More than all UK Pound Sterling in Circulation
“54% of the world’s population live in countries with currencies in circulation worth less than the value of Bitcoin”
Map of the Day: Disputed Territory
102 official border disputes around the world and associated information
Is the US Dollar Losing Its Reserve Currency Status to China?
Oil is a small fraction of the global goods trade which is, in turn, a tiny fractional of financial markets
Map of the Day: All the World’s Immigration
Ever wonder who is emigrating and immigrating from which countries and to where?
Ranking the World’s Economic Growth in the 21st Century – Greece, Italy Come in Near Last
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 11th of August 2017 to The Sounding Line. Back in May we pointed out that, adjusted for inflation, the Greek economy had shrunk 9% […]