The Top 3 current account surplus in 2006 were China, Japan and Germany in that order. In 2016, Germany became the world’s top current account surplus country: Click to enlarge Source: Your morphing global savings glut, FT Alphaville From an investment point of view, sometimes surplus countries are better for investment than deficit countries. The US …
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The number of American workers employed in the coal industry is at a near-record low.According to EIA, the total number of coal workers stood at 65,971 in 2015. This is the lowest figure since the agency started gathering data in 1978. One of the major coal mining states in the US is West Virginia. Coal mining …
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Tax rate comparison across countries is interesting to review. According to OECD data, the US tax rate is lower than other developed countries and OECD average. a. 2016 Tax Rates for A Single Worker Couple by Country Click to enlarge b. 2016 Tax Rates for A Couple with one earner and two children by Country Source: Sorry America, …
The Maastricht Treaty signed in 1992 led to the creation of the European Union(EU). Since then the EU has expanded many more countries including many of the former Warsaw pact countries.The following infographic shows the evolution of the EU: Click to enlarge Source: How the EU Has Changed, Sputnik News
The US is the top country in terms of defense spending. None of the other countries in the world spend as much on military as the US does. According to a report by National Priorities Project, in 2016 more than half of the discretionary federal spending was spent on military. To put it another way, …
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