Bill Mitchell: French presidential election – some hope for a future progressive, anti-EU Left

A short, but interesting article that demonstrates why statistics can be completely useless (something we saw with Ireland’s GDP – Leprechaun Economics click here). Read here

New orders in manufacturing: December 2024 (in real terms, provisional): +6.9% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -6.3% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) Read HERE

Erdogan’s team is likely betting that public outrage over Imamoglu’s arrest will eventually fade and the economy will recover before the country next goes to the polls. Read HERE Ekrem Imamoglu, Photo: Orhan Erkılıç/VoA