Output rose 3.5 per cent in January from the previous month, although this mostly was a rebound from December’s fall. But DeStatis always selects the positive numbers. That is what happens when your paymaster is the state. The question is if DeStatis does not doctor their numbers as well.
Economics
Eurostat: GDP down by 0.1% in the euro area and up by 0.1% in the EU
Among the Member States for which data are available for the third quarter of 2023, Latvia (+0.6%) recorded the highest increase compared to the previous quarter, followed by Belgium (+0.5%) and Spain (+0.3%). The highest […]
Geopolitics
+972 Magazine: Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence from May reveals Israel believed it had killed some 8,900 militants in its attacks on Gaza, indicating a proportion of civilian slaughter with few parallels in modern warfare, a joint investigation finds. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Swissinfo.ch: Swiss CO2 law defeated at the ballot box
Switzerland’s strategy to abide by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change has hit a roadblock with a narrow majority of voters rejecting a law to curb greenhouse gases. The CO2 law was rejected on Sunday […]
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