Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Globally, June 2024 was the warmest June since directly measured instrumental records began in 1850. It broke the previous record by 0.14 °C (0.25 °F), a relatively large margin clearly outside the range of the uncertainties.



Saturday, July 13, 2024

Major Economies Debt as % of GDP

Germany stands out.

Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Notes today
  • The S&P 500 closed above 5,500 at an all-time high after Jerome Powell cited progress on inflation
  • US Job Openings Unexpectedly Increase From a Three-Year Low
  • Donald Trump's criminal sentencing has been postponed until September 18 in the wake of the Supreme Court immunity ruling. 


Problem with these notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition - the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.

Btw, humans can only think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we limit notes. 😉

"Everything will be all right. And, even if it won't be, we'll have the consolation of having lived honest lives." Alexei Navalny.

 

In a 6-3 ruling split along ideological lines, the Roberts Court  found that presidents are entitled to  immunity for official acts but not for unofficial ones.

  • Wall Street appears to like the decision.