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Tag Archives: economic data
Manufacturing Outlook and History In the USA and Globally
I write primarily about management improvement on this blog – which makes sense given the title. In the very early days I had more on investing, economic data, science, engineering and travel. Then I created three new blogs (Curious Cat … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Manufacturing
Tagged China, Data, economic data, economy, Germany, Japan, Manufacturing, USA
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Leading Manufacturing Countries from 2000 to 2010: China, USA…
Over the years I have been posting data on the manufacturing output of leading countries. In 2010 China finally overtook the USA to becoming the leading manufacturer (long after you would have thought listening to many news sources and political … Continue reading
Posted in China, Manufacturing
Tagged China, curiouscat, economic data, economy, Germany, India, Japan, Manufacturing, UK, USA
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Looking at Auto Manaufacturing in the USA
America’s Dirty War Against Manufacturing Bob Lutz, the former head of GM, says it was neither uncompetitive wages nor unions that drove the Big Three into decline. It was a management with its eye focused on the bottom line and … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Manufacturing
Tagged cars, Deming, economic data, economy, lean manufacturing, Manufacturing, Toyota, USA
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USA Spent $2.6 Trillion, $8,402 per person,17.9% of GDP on Medical Expenses in 2010
The federal government financed 29% of total health spending in 2010, a substantial increase from its share of 23% in 2007. Meanwhile, the shares of the total health care bill financed by state and local governments (16%), private businesses (21%), and households (28%) declined during the same time period. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health care, Systems thinking
Tagged business, economic data, Economics, economy, Health care, health care system, USA
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Manufacturing Jobs Increasing for First Time Since 1998 in the USA
Surprise! Blue collar jobs are coming back Manufacturing employment began its decline long before the recession, losing jobs every year since 1998. But since the start of this year, there’s been a 1.6% gain in manufacturing jobs — about twice … Continue reading
Taxes per Person by Country
I think that the idea that data lies is false, and that such a notion is commonly held a sign of lazy intellect. You can present data in different ways to focus on different aspects of a system. And you … Continue reading
The Biggest Manufacturing Countries in 2008 with Historical Data
Once again the USA was the leading country in manufacturing for 2008. And once again China grew their manufacturing output amazingly. In a change with recent trends Japan grew output significantly. Of course, the 2009 data is going to show … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Economics, Manufacturing
Tagged charts, curiouscat, Data, economic data, Economics, John Hunter, Manufacturing, quote
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Loan Default Rates Continue to Increase
Chart showing loan default rates for real estate, consumer and agricultural loans for 1998 to 2009 by the Curious Cat Investing Economics Blog, Creative Commons Attribution, data from the Federal Reserve. Default rates on commercial (up another 151 basis points) … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged economic data, Economics, economy
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USA Spent $2.2 Trillion or $7,421 Per Person on Health Care in 2007
Health spending in the United States grew 6.1 percent in 2007, to $2.2 trillion or $7,421 per person. For comparison the total GDP per person in China is $6,100. This continues the trend of health care spending taking an every … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Health care
Tagged economic data, Economics, Health care
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Another Year of CEO’s Taking Hugely Excessive Pay
I continue to do my part to publicize the abusive CEO pay packages that the current crop of unethical CEO’s, and those sitting on corporate boards have supported (Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay 2008 – 2007 post on CEO pay … Continue reading →