Trump approval, transatlantic migration, manufacturing
In today's issue, we look at Trump's approval, transatlantic migration, manufacturing superpowers, GDP growth changes and famine frequency.
Trump has the worst first-quarter approval ratings of the post-war era (but things still aren’t as bad as 2017)
Things aren’t going well from a job approval rating perspective for the President, but his overall popularity does seem more robust than it did in 2017. For those wondering how or why JFK’s approval ratings were so high, so early - the US was bouncing back fast from a recession when he took office, it was pre-Bay of Pigs and he was still something of an unknown quantity.
American workers are looking for jobs in the UK
American google searches for ‘jobs in the UK’ are a liberal-recession indicator. They are steadily rising and spike at times of liberal crisis.
China is the world’s manufacturing superpower, but still only 11 points higher in terms of share of global output
India is still the fastest growing (large) economy
UK and Germany growth rate expected to increase.
The ‘Great Leap Forward’ (1958 - 1962) is the deadliest famine in human history
Total deaths per decade from famines are down significantly (from ~95 million between 1920 and 1980 to <10 million since then). This is big.
