Economy and statistics
Notes on the economy and statistics outside the partnership theme: wage arrears, IT services exports, the distribution of wealth, salaries by city, lobbying. The author reads these figures the same way as partnership data: with a source and the question of what follows.
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What is stronger than the market's invisible hand?
The visible hand of the regulator: the author, an economist by training, cites Trump's statement of 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne unless France joins the "Board of Peace". A single regulatory act overrides any self-regulation within a minute.
Topics: Economy and statistics
How much have wage arrears in Ukraine grown since the full-scale war began?
By 20%: in October 2025 arrears reached 3.7 billion hryvnias, according to the State Statistics Service.
Topics: Economy and statistics
What does Ukrainians' record cash currency buying say about savings?
In 2025 Ukrainians bought almost 24 billion dollars in cash foreign currency, an all-time record; net purchases reached 6.83 billion. About 71% of operations are in dollars, 25% in euros, which the author reads as an effort to preserve what people have, not investment potential.
Original: LinkedIn
Topics: Economy and statistics
Does AI speed up experienced programmers?
No: in the study, experienced developers using a neural network worked 19% slower on average, although a quarter gain was expected. The prompt must be precise, the answer takes time, and the code has to be cleaned up before it can go into a real project.
Original: LinkedIn
Topics: Economy and statistics
How much did Ukraine earn from IT services exports in 11 months of 2025?
$5.97 billion, on average $543 million a month: up 2.4% year on year, yet 3% below 2021 and almost 10% below the 2022 record. IT makes up 42% of services exports and 12% of all exports, while total services exports fell 9%.
Topics: Economy and statistics
In which cities of the world is the average salary highest?
In the list of average salaries in US dollars, Zurich (7788) and Geneva (7784) lead, followed by San Francisco (7092) and Chicago (5940); at the bottom are Warsaw (1609), Moscow (1499), Budapest (1442) and Athens (1417). The author asks where readers would move.
Topics: Economy and statistics
How unevenly is wealth distributed in the world in 2025?
The top 10% of the population own 75% of personal wealth and receive 53% of income. The share of the richest 0.001% of adults rose from 3.8% in 1995 to 6.1% in 2025, and the top 1% captured 36.7% of the year's growth in global wealth.
Topics: Economy and statistics
What will the first official lobbyists change in Ukraine?
The NACP transparency register now lists 108 lobbyists; the first test is the January 2026 reports, which will show whether this is a tool of transparent influence or a screen for old schemes. For a partnership organiser, a lobbyist is a carrier of social capital.
Topics: Equity split between partners · Economy and statistics
How should a business in Ukraine be built given demographic change?
The author cites figures: Ukraine lost 40 % of its working-age population between 2021 and 2023, 74 % of employers feel a labour shortage, and by 2035 81 % of the population will be over 45. He asks readers how they plan to build a business under these conditions.
Topics: Economy and statistics
Why do employers hesitate to hire former entrepreneurs?
44% of employers see entrepreneurial experience as a drawback. The author sees behind it HR's inability to read such a background, the “failed business” label and fear of losing control, and argues for judging the person rather than the stamp on their record.
Topics: Economy and statistics
Where does a business's money go when it seems to be missing?
Money going missing does not mean it is not there: a business is a system, and the question is who in it ends up holding the margin.
Original: LinkedIn
Topics: Economy and statistics
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