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Everyone Is Wrong About the President's Economic Impact

Sumit's Investment Takes • 99 implied HN points • 22 Oct 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Economic Policy Inflation Unemployment Policy Analysis
  1. There isn't just one number that shows how good or bad the economy is. You can look at things like unemployment, inflation, and GDP, but they all tell different stories.
  2. The president's actions don’t usually have an immediate effect on the economy. Many factors that affect the economy are outside their control, like market trends and global events.
  3. To really understand a president's impact on the economy, you should look at long-term policies instead of short-term data. Also, things like immigration and international relations can play a big role.

Top Links 545 “Restructuring” Bangladeshi banks. Hurricane Helen’s impact on unemployment. High-speed trading & a fracking good time.

Chartbook • 286 implied HN points • 29 Oct 24
💰 Finance Banking Economics Unemployment Trading Investment
  1. Bangladeshi banks are going through a big restructuring. This could change the way they operate and help improve their services.
  2. Hurricane Helene had a significant effect on unemployment rates. Many people lost their jobs because of the hurricane's impact.
  3. High-speed trading continues to play a lively role in the financial markets. It’s a fast-paced area that creates both opportunities and challenges.

The "worst possible outcome" for the Fed is an unnecessary recession, not reversing a cut

Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM) • 1238 implied HN points • 24 Jan 24
💰 Finance Monetary Policy Inflation Interest Rates Unemployment Economy
  1. The Fed's main concern is avoiding an unnecessary recession, not reversing a rate cut.
  2. Inflation has decreased, but the Fed is hesitant to cut rates due to fears of inflation resurgence.
  3. The Fed should balance its mandate of stable prices and maximum employment to avoid causing an unnecessary recession.
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Celebrating Greek wins

The Greek Analyst • 339 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
💼 Business Startups Funding Tech Economy Unemployment
  1. Success should be highlighted, embraced, understood, and replicated, especially in a society that tends to focus more on negative news.
  2. Greece is seeing achievements across various sectors, from biotech companies and architectural studios to AI innovation and modern office buildings.
  3. There is a growing trend in Greek startups raising significant funding rounds, indicating a positive trajectory in the tech and business ecosystem.

Cooking The Books

Points And Figures • 719 implied HN points • 11 Mar 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Economy Government Statistics Unemployment
  1. Government-reported economic numbers can be misleading, especially in non-democratic countries where they may be fake.
  2. Statistic revisions are common in economic releases, but major revisions like a 35% drop raise concerns about accuracy.
  3. Unemployment numbers from the US Department of Labor under President Biden have seen significant and questionable revisions, impacting predictions and planning based on them.

The Potemkin Economy

The Dollar Endgame • 6 HN points • 23 Apr 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Economy Employment Manipulation Unemployment Inflation
  1. Economic data may not reflect the true situation: Reports of a strong economy may be misleading, with statistics like job numbers potentially manipulated to present a facade of growth.
  2. There are concerns about the accuracy of government statistics: Issues like overestimating job growth and manipulating unemployment rates raise questions about the reliability of official data.
  3. The changing nature of employment is worrisome: The shift towards part-time work, decline in full-time jobs, and decreasing workforce participation rates indicate underlying problems in the job market.

The Luddite Fallacy Fallacy (or Why Mass Technological Unemployment is Inevitable)

Supermedicine • 4 implied HN points • 27 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Automation AI Future work Unemployment Human-Machine Interaction
  1. Technology creates more jobs than it destroys, but this trend won't last forever as technology advances
  2. Machine capabilities are constantly expanding while human capabilities are not evolving at the same pace
  3. As technology advances, virtually all work could be done by machines, leading to mass technological unemployment

Artificial Intelligence: What to Worry About

Prompt Engineering • 1 HN point • 11 May 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Misinformation Unemployment Bias Education
  1. AI advancements are fast and significant, leading to uncertainties about the future models of society.
  2. AI may result in mass unemployment, but historically, technology revolutions have not led to catastrophic unemployment levels.
  3. Challenges with AI include the misuse of data leading to bias, the potential for AI to outsmart humans, and the widening class divide due to unequal access to AI tools.