Food for Thought Special Edition

The Daily Shot: 28-Dec-22
Business
Economic Trends
Demographic Trends:
Geopolitics
Health
US Politics
Media/News:
Labor Market
Happy New Year!



 

Business

1. Fastest-growing brands by generation:
 
Source: Morning Consult   Read full article  
 
2. Largest US services export markets:
 
Source: Quill Intelligence  
 
3. Hoarding children’s cold/flu medicines:
 
Source: @WSJ   Read full article  
 
4. Reshoring tech manufacturing:
 
Source: Wells Fargo Securities  
 
5. Using less cash:
 
Source: Pew Research Center   Read full article  


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Economic Trends

1. Countries with the highest inflation rates:
 
Source: Visual Capitalist   Read full article  
 
2. Energy impact on consumer inflation:
 
Source: Visual Capitalist   Read full article  
 
3. Global real wage growth:
 
Source: Statista  


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Demographic Trends:

1. Recent changes in US Hispanic racial self-identification:
 
Source: @axios   Read full article  
 
2. The US fertility rate:
 
Source: @jeffsparshott, @greg_ip  
 
Fertility rates in advanced economies:
 
Source: The Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group   Read full article  

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3. Living alone (2 charts):
 
Source: The New York Times   Read full article  
 
Source: The New York Times   Read full article  

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4. Languages spoken at home in the US:
 
Source: Census Bureau  
 
by age, nativity, and citizenship:
 
Source: Census Bureau  
 
by educational attainment and employment status:
 
Source: Census Bureau  


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Geopolitics

1. North Korea’s missile tests:
 
Source: @JonHerskovitz, @bpolitics   Read full article  
 
2. Protests in Iran:
 
Source: The Economist   Read full article  
 
3. Which countries expect WW-III in the next 25 years?
 
Source: Visual Capitalist   Read full article  


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Health

1. Global testing for COVID mutations:
 
Source: @FayCortez, @technology   Read full article  
 
2. Mental healthcare in benefits packages:
 
Source: @indeed, @Glassdoor  
 
3. Origins of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the EU and the US:
 
Source: UN   Read full article  
 
4. Average sperm count (1973 vs. 2018):
 
Source: Statista  
 
5. US smoking rates:
 
Source: Gallup   Read full article  


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US Politics

1. Views of the Supreme Court:
 
Source: Pew Research Center   Read full article  
 
2. Trump vs. DeSantis:
 
Source: Morning Consult   Read full article  
 
3. Third-party voting:
 
Source: Third Way   Read full article  
 
Third-party candidates since 1912:
 
Source: Third Way   Read full article  


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Media/News:

1. The most salient news events by party:
 
Source: Morning Consult   Read full article  
 
2. Getting the news on TikTok:
 
Source: Pew Research Center   Read full article  
 
3. Google search trends for news topics in 2022:
 
Source: @axios   Read full article  
 
News-reading hours in 2022:
 
Source: The Economist   Read full article  


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Labor Market

1. US labor productivity:
 
Source: BIS   Read full article  
 
2. Actual vs. preferred hybrid work schedules:
 
Source: Gallup   Read full article  
 
3. Work absences due to childcare issues:
 
Source: USAFacts  


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Happy New Year!

1. Biggest Champagne importers:
 
Source: Statista  
 
2. Snowflake formation (humidity vs. temperature):
 
Source: Kenneth Libbrecht  
 
3. Traditional New Year’s celebration:
 

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The next Daily Shot will be published on Monday, January 2nd.


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