The Economics Hub Newsletter: Week 10

notable headlines and charts of the week

Happy Sunday!

Welcome to another issue of The Economics Hub Newsletter! I hope you are well.

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Unfortunately, I did not have enough time this week either to evaluate research reports, essays, and opinion pieces to present them to you in a simplified manner, as I usually do in my weekly newsletters. But I still managed to glance over some of the important headlines of the week. Anyway, from the next week onwards, you can regularly expect some notable insights from me! Thank you for your patience :)

Here’s what we cover this week. As per your interest and convenience, please click on the specific topic to jump directly to that section!

Ready? Let’s dive in!

• Economics and Finance

• Privacy and Surveillance

• Charts of the Week

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1. Economics and Finance

• Economic conditions outlook, June 2022

• How inflation is flipping the economic script, in seven charts

• Charges on UPI services not under consideration, clarifies govt

• Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee

• Fed minutes show more rate hikes in the pipeline, but pace could slow

• Thoughts on the Fed Minutes

• Explained: What investors should look out for before putting money in an IPO

• India at 75: 11 charts to understand how far India has come and how far it

  needs to go still

• India's Razorpay buys Ezetap to tap into offline payments

• Decades After Coining ‘ETF,’ Morgan Stanley Is “Finally” Launching Its Own

• The age of exchange-traded funds and the launch of single-bond ETFs

• Top 10 Investor Errors: Excess Fees

• Europe’s Plan to Wean Itself off Russian Gas Just Might Work

• How Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) schemes get you to spend more

  • While you are here, you should definitely read my summarized article based on Dvara Research’s report titled, “The Costs of Using Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Products.”

• What can 30 years of equity mutual fund investing do to your savings?

• Inflation is Easing, but a Target of 4% will be Challenging

• Global Food Inflation still Remains High - World Bank

• China’s Economy Slows Unexpectedly as Covid and Property Woes Mount

• China is making the yuan more international by opening up its bond market - but economists say the currency faces a big test

• Central Bank of Turkey surprises with a 100bp rate cut

• This Economy Is Proving Too Hard for Economists

2. Privacy and Surveillance

• Google says it stopped the largest DDoS attack ever recorded in June

• Mike Pompeo & CIA Sued by Assange Attorneys for Spying on Americans Who Visited Julian Assange in Ecuadorian Embassy in the U.K

• The Biden-Trump Persecution of Julian Assange

• Twilio breach exposed some Signal users’ numbers

• How electronic warfare is reshaping the war between Russia and Ukraine

• New report exposes the militarized nature of British Policing

• Meta sued for violating patient privacy with data tracking tool

• 2022 Mid-year blockchain security and AML Analysis Report

• TikTok's in-app browser has code that could be used to track data like passwords and credit card numbers — and Apple should ramp up security to prevent it, a researcher says

• iOS Privacy: Announcing InAppBrowser.com - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser

• TikTok Browser Can Track Users’ Keystrokes, According to New Research

Charts of the Week

1. Volatility has increased since the war in Ukraine

Source: McKinsey Insights

2. Updated Covid-19 Stringency Index

Source: Our World in Data

3. The world's second-largest economy is slowing down. And that has sent alarm bells ringing around the world.

Source: Moneycontrol

4. Global Central Bank Policy Rates Update

Source: Charlie Bilello

5. Cyberattacks have been rising

Source: McKinsey

6. The World’s Biggest Military Spenders

Source: Visual Capitalist

7. Inflation is the top worry for countries, according to McKinsey’s latest survey

Source: McKinsey

8. Declining Global Real Disposable Income

Source: Allianz Research

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Shreyas