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Political turmoil in Europe is very easy to understand. The European economy is supposed to be recovering from its unofficial recession, and yet the most recent data shows instead alarming (re)acceleration to the downside in a number of places. Realizing this means the path to clawing back some of the supply shock's price increases is disappearing, voters are simply voting accordingly. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis Pew Research Center Economic ratings across 34 countries are more negative than positive https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/07/economic-ratings-across-34-countries-are-more-negative-than-positive/ World Bank Global trade has nearly flatlined. Populism is taking a toll on growth https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/global-trade-has-nearly-flatlined-populism-taking-toll-growth UN Trade and Development Global economic growth set to slow to 2.6% in 2024, just above recession threshold https://unctad.org/news/global-economic-growth-set-slow-26-2024-just-above-recession-threshold https://www.eurodollar.university Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU |