The main driver of 1Q2025 #contraction was #Trump’s #trade war. Net exports, the difference b/w what US imports and exports, subtracted nearly 5% from headline GDP. That was the biggest quarterly drag from net exports on record since 1947, chart @wsj.com
#German economy won’t see meaningful growth this year and Trump’s #tariff policies threaten an even bleaker outcome. GDP will only increase 0.1% in 2025 following 2y of #contraction, less than the 0.8% predicted in Sept, chart @economics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/german-institutes-slash-2025-outlook-and-warn-of-tariff-pain
After a sweep of soft US economic indicators in Febr, the Atlanta Fed’s closely watched #GDPNow model updated on Friday to show an alarming 1.48% #contraction of the economy, chart @reuters.com https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1-2025-03-03/

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Grammar Helpers:
"YOU'RE going to need to work on YOUR homonyms."

"THEY'RE going over THERE to eat THEIR picnic."

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Grammar #Spelling #Youre #YoureYour #Homonyms #Contraction #Heiroglyphics #EditorsLife #WritersCommunity #WritersLife

#euro zone: Purchasing Managers' Index PMI manufacturing sub-index fell to 46.1 in June, a level consistent with a #contraction of around 5% in output on an annual basis during 2H2024, chart @EFGInt
S&P Global/CIPS #UK #Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (#PMI) for April came in at 49.1, exceeding the consensus forecast of 48.7 but down from the previous month's figure of 50.3. However, the #contraction was lower than expected, suggesting a resilience in the #industry.
More tales from the #forest, with this close up of the remains of the #trunk of a wild #cherry tree which had died, rotted and snapped at about 1m50 height. I don't know how the #woodchips in the well of the #trunk formed, but presumably linked to the structure of the wood, and some kind of specific #weathering due to #contraction in the #summer heat, and #saturation in the #winter humidity.
#auvergne
#france
#massifcentral
#trees