Tag Archives: Data

World Consumer Inflation Rates

Posted on December 20, 2016 by macromon

We have ranked the world’s 2016 consumer inflation rates by country in the ginormous table below.  The data are from the October 2016 IMF’s World Economic Outlook database.  Note, 2016 are IMF estimates. But, first, check out the low inflation, … Continue reading →

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Doubts over Piketty inequality data – FT

Posted on May 23, 2014 by macromon

FT economics editor Chris Giles and FT global economy news editor Ferdinando Giugliano raise doubts about the validity of the data in ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ by Thomas Piketty, which claims that wealth inequality is rising. For more video … Continue reading →

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Why Do You Need Bloggers?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by macromon

To help you sift through the data: The pace of data creation on the Internet is growing at an exponential rate. In any 48-hour period in 2010, more data was created than had been created by all of humanity in … Continue reading →

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