Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Basic Economic Concepts, Basic Financial Concepts, World Economy
Anyone who watches the news is sure to have heard about the World Bank, but there may be some uncertainty as to what this institution actually is. Confusion about the World Bank is understandable as it is unlike any other bank people will be familiar with. In fact many would argue that it isn’t even a bank at all and more an agency that specializes in providing leveraged loans.
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Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Economic Data, Finance, Macroeconomics, World Economy
Visualizing Economics:
- How can you measure a nation’s wealth?
- How much do you earn?
- How rich is the United States?
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Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Economic Data, Economics Diagrams, World Economy
Heat Map of Worldwide GDP Real Growth Rate 2007
Data source: 2007 CIA World Fact Book
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Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Economic Data, Economics Diagrams, World Economy
Heat Map of Worldwide GDP (PPP) Per Capita 2008
Data source: 2008 CIA World Fact Book
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Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Economic Data, Economics Diagrams, World Economy
2007 GDP Nominal Per Capita World Map
Data source: International Monetary Fund

Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Economic Data, Macroeconomics, World Economy
As of the most up to date data from authoritative sources such as International Monetary Fund, World Bank and CIA World Fact Book, below is the worldwide nations ranked by GDP. United States is ranked second immediately after EU with a GDP of more than 13,000 billions in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Macroeconomics, World Economy
What is an economic recession?
In a perspective as broad as nation wide, or macroeconomically, a recession is a slightly obvious decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP, just think of it as the total wealth or wellness all people within a nation produce within a given year) compared to previous quaters, or in a business cycle. A decline is only regarded as a recession if it has lasted more than 2 quarters. Also, the decline should not be too apparent as to be an economic depression (approx. 10% drop of GDP) or even more devastating as to be a economic collapse.
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