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Aug 9, 2023Liked by Joseph Politano

The link to Europa.eu for less rosy, higher frequency data is broken. It says, “There is no data available based on the selected criteria.” I suspect the criteria are saved in a session cookie or something, rather than in your URL.

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Ah, yes—seems to be related to cookies and some customizations I made to the data

Try this link: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EI_BSEE_M_R2/default/line?lang=en

Otherwise, it's just the monthly employment expectations indicator for the service industry

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The reason that the Polish economy is looking stronger is that the ruling party has been spending more freely, in hopes of buying electoral support.

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I would propose that when you’ve ceded the job of determining how much spending is “freely” to the bloody Germans, everyone *should* be spending freely.

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