Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland
by rndgermandude on Thursday September 19, 2019 @10:00PM
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That uses consumption data for 2010, coinciding with the year the EU financial crisis really hit and dominated the news, while the financial crisis in the US was already in downswing.
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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland
by AstralStorm on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:17AM
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Yes, I've checked data for 2017 and USA does not look too rosy anymore, matching most of western EU.
Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland
by rndgermandude on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:37AM
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Given that the US unemployment rate has been constatnly trending down since 2010, I guess the lack of improvement or even worsening of consumption in the same time frame say something...