Archive - 4 Lights

🎓💼📉 Young, Educated, & Unemployed

Unemployment rates for young graduates keep rising... is it AI or somethings else?

Jan 25 • 4 Lights

one chart📊 + one podcast 🎧 + one song 🎵

Jan 15 • 4 Lights

Viral Charts and the Productivity Pay Gap?

It's generally a good idea to be skeptical of viral charts, but sometimes they tell the right story while having technical flaws.

Jan 14 • 4 Lights

🚀 Wall Street’s 2026 Forecasts: Cautiously Optimistic

Wall Street expects more upside, but growth may slow compared to recent years

Jan 13 • 4 Lights

⬆️ GDP Nowcast: Q4, 2025: +3.0%

Rough start to the quarter, but it seems back on track with latest data

Jan 12 • 4 Lights

⬆️ GDP: +4.3%(!) in Q3, 2025

Strong Q3 (Jul - Sep) with consumer spending overwhelming weak private investment

Jan 9 • 4 Lights

October 2025

When the Government Shuts Down, the Data Goes Dark 🔦

Economists, policymakers, and models like my GDP nowcast are suddenly flying blind.

Oct 19, 2025 • 4 Lights

one chart📊 + one podcast 🎧 + one song 🎵

Oct 17, 2025 • 4 Lights

🤖 ChatGDP (Q4: +0.5%)

Another economic "nowcast" brought to you by AI (and it thinks the economy stinks this quarter!)

Oct 15, 2025 • 4 Lights

September 2025

🚨 Electricity Prices Really are Getting Outrageous

The price of electricity grew by over +7% in the last 12-months, and it will probably keep getting worse.

Sep 23, 2025 • 4 Lights

⬆️ GDP Nowcast: Q3, 2025: +3.2%

The economy still seems... ok?

Sep 18, 2025 • 4 Lights and Mike Virgilio

one article 📰 + one podcast 🎧 + one song 🎵

Sep 11, 2025 • 4 Lights

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