Taiwan's Modern Miracle • The AI Boom Has Delivered a Second Economic Miracle to Taiwan, Driving its Fastest Growth in Half a Century. It'll Have to Navigate Rising Geopolitical & Macroeconomic Tensions to Keep it.
Posts by Apricitas Economics
The Supreme Court Ruled Against Trump's Tariffs. Now What? • Charting the Impact of the Supreme Court Ruling and What Comes Next
America's $1T AI Gamble • US AI-Related Investment Keeps Breaking Records, With Total Software, Computer, & Data Center Spending Now Exceeding $1T Per Year
The Economic Legacy of DOGE • DOGE is the Largest Peacetime Cut to the Federal Workforce in Modern US History, But it Failed its Supposed Budget-Cutting Goals & Broke Important Agencies
The 'No Hire' Economy • US Job Growth has Zeroed Out as Hiring Rates Sink, Hitting Young & Low Income Workers the Hardest
America is Losing Blue Collar Jobs • For the First Time Since Early COVID & the Great Recession, the US is Losing Jobs in Manufacturing, Construction, & Other Blue Collar Industries
America is Flying Blind on Immigration • Nobody Knows How Many Immigrant Workers Have Left the US Amidst Trump's Mass Deportations. That's Incredibly Bad.
The Tariff Exemption Behind the AI Boom • Data Centers get Tariff-Free Imports. Why Shouldn't we All?
How Tariffs Are Breaking US Trade • A Detailed Look at How US Trade Flows Are Unraveling Amidst Trump's Trade War
A Detailed Look at Trump's Car Tariffs • Breaking Down the Largest Negative Shock to the Car Market In Years as Trump Hits $350B in Vehicles & Parts with Tariffs
Trump's Retreat Still Leaves Tariffs at 90-Year Highs • China Tariffs Are Now Below "Embargo" Levels, but Overall Tariffs are at the Highest Rate Since the Great Depression
The Farce of the Deal • The US-UK Trade "Deal" Achieves Basically Nothing—and That's a Bad Sign for "Deals" to Come
Tariffs are Already Stalling the Economy • Tariff Front-Running is Already Showing Up as Reductions in US GDP Growth
The Clues to Trump's Future Tariffs • Trump's Recent Moves Revealed Key Information On His Upcoming Tariffs on Chips, Pharmaceuticals, and More
Charting the Largest Tariff Hike in Modern History • Measuring the Size & Impact of Trump's Newly-Imposed Global Tariffs
The Cost of Tariff Chaos • Fear and Uncertainty About Trump's Tariffs are Already Having Negative Effects on the Economy
Sure Friends Betrayed • Canada & Mexico Wanted to Anchor US "Friendshoring" Efforts. Instead, Trump's Tariffs Risk Throwing Them Into Recessions
Trump's Blockade of America • Trump's Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, & China Are the Single-Largest Trade Restriction in Modern US History. That Comes With Massive Economic Costs
Low-Income Countries are Falling Behind • Economic Growth in Low-Income Countries Has Slowed Significantly Post-COVID, Leaving Progress on Extreme Poverty Reduction at Risk
Weight Loss Drugs Continue to Power Denmark's Economy • Exports of GLP-1 Drugs like Ozempic & Wegovy are Driving the Majority of Danish GDP Growth
America's Productivity Boom • US Productivity Growth is Booming and Massively Outshining its Peers—Here's How
The EU Joins the EV Trade War • The EU is Imposing Historically Large Tariffs on Chinese EVs in an Effort to Protect Its Car Industry. Will it Work?
The AI Investment Boom • AI Demand is Driving Skyrocketing US Investment in Computers, Data Centers, and Other Physical Infrastructure
Universal Tariffs are Universally Bad • Trump's Plan for Aggressively High Universal Tariffs Would be Horrible for the US Economy
The Regional Impacts of America's Investment Boom • A Detailed Look at How Investments in Clean Energy, Semiconductors, & Infrastructure are Reshaping American Economic Geography