All articles from Stefan Karlsson
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Stefan Karlsson What is Germany's real unemployment rate?
Germany's 5.5 percent unemployment rate is reported the same way as other countries, but many news outlets insist on a reporting higher number for Germany, and only Germany
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Stefan Karlsson Why has European growth been so weak for so long?
Excessive government spending is the main culprit, but there are other factors at play in the region's economic stagnation
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Stefan Karlsson The British economy is in worse shape than we thought
Inflation in Britain has been a lot higher than in almost all other advanced economies, and the country's austerity measures have been of little help.
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Stefan Karlsson China's economy may surpass US before 2020
China's economy is now nearly half as big as the U.S. economy. Its economic growth figures suggest that China could become bigger sooner than previously thought.
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Stefan Karlsson Why the Euro debt downgrade matters (even though it shouldn't)
Credit ratings of national governments shouldn't be mandatory, but they affect treasury bond yields in countries that are already hurting financially.
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Stefan Karlsson Can an economy still grow with serious debt?
A country's budget surplus and economic growth generally go hand in hand, but there are some exceptions to the rule.
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Stefan Karlsson How space aliens could fix the economy
An other-worldly market for goods would increase demand for exports and prop up the economy, some Keynesians suggest.
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Stefan Karlsson Germany: High on jobs, low on growth
Germany boasts a low unemployment rate, but industrial production is in a free fall
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Stefan Karlsson No, machines aren't stealing our jobs
If machines were replacing human workers, productivity would have gone up. It hasn't.
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Stefan Karlsson Yearly roundup of world currencies: The yen, the rupee, and everything in between
How 14 of the world's largest currencies fared against the dollar in 2011.
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Stefan Karlsson Permanent vs. temporary tax cuts
One frequent criticism of the payroll tax cut is that because it is temporary, it will have little effect on investments. However, depending on its length, it will still have an effect on shorter term investments.
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Stefan Karlsson Workers dropping out of the work force for school: Bad sign for the economy
More and more people are dropping out of the labor force in favor of further education. But they're doing it because they think they have to.
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