Top news of the week: 06.02.2023.
IMF Upgrades Outlook for Global Economy as Inflation Eases and China Reopens
Easing inflation and China’s reopening should allow the global economy to grow a bit faster than previously expected, the international lender said.
Jobs Report to Show Whether Labor Market Cooling Extended Into January
Recent figures paint a mixed picture of the U.S. economy’s health as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates.
Race and redistribution in the US: An experimental analysis
The US spends less on welfare than comparable countries, a pattern that some suggest may be linked to White Americans' dislike of redistributing money to Black Americans and to people's ...
UK economy to fare worse than any other country in developed world this year, IMF forecasts
The International Monetary Fund says the country's growth is being held back by more miserly government spending and the effects of high energy prices - and that the economy will even lag ...
Recent economic development stars
Development stars of the Era of Globalization: pic.twitter.com/8VOKPpFTSA — Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) January 27, 2023 And of course all be getting Noah Smith’s Substack…
Eight trends that will impact children in 2023
A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in 2023. A report from the UN children’s agency (UNICEF), released on Tuesday, details the trends that will ...
Jobs blowout: What the employment report means for Biden and Powell
President Joe Biden and the White House can celebrate the report as evidence the economy is continuing to hum along.
How partial registries and data fusion can improve targeting and evaluating anti-poverty policies
The widespread availability of free geospatial data has accelerated interest in data fusion. While village-level welfare estimates are key to the design and evaluation of anti-poverty ...