Among the key events of the year; Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un, Facebook's growth slowed as Apple's market cap hit $1 trillion, and a trade war between the US and China weakened the global economy. Videos above and below published by the Financial Times (ft.com).
A Tale of Two Stocks: Apple $AAPL and Facebook $FB:
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FT.com's Rana Foroohar explains what happened this year to the FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, et al) in the tech sector, and what may further impact the sector in 2019.
Inflation, 2018— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 17, 2018
Venezuela: 12615%
Turkey: 12%
Pakistan: 5%
India: 4.7%
Mexico: 4.4%
Saudi: 4.4%
Indonesia: 3.5%
Brazil: 3.5%
Russia: 2.9%
US: 2.5%
UK: 2.4%
Canada: 2.2%
China: 2.2%
Malaysia: 1.9%
France: 1.9%
Germany: 1.8%
Israel: 1.7%
S Korea: 1.7%
Italy: 1.2%
Japan: 1%
Currency against US Dollar, past year.— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 26, 2018
Japan: +2.6%
Mexico: 0%
Nigeria: -0.2%
Egypt: -0.4%
Euro: -4%
UK: -5%
China: -5%
Indonesia: -7%
Canada: -7%
Australia: -9%
India: -10%
Iran: -17%
Brazil: -18%
Russia: -19%
Pakistan: -26%
Turkey: -39%
Argentina: -107%
Venezuela: -2,400,000%
Imprisoned journalists, 2018— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 25, 2018
Turkey: 68
China: 47
Egypt: 25
Saudi Arabia: 16
Eritrea: 16
Vietnam: 11
Azerbaijan: 10
Iran: 8
Cameroon: 8
(Committee to Protect Journalists)
Middle East nominal GDP, 2018. ($ billion)— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 25, 2018
Saudi: 769
Turkey: 713
UAE: 432
Iran: 430
Israel: 365
Egypt: 249
Iraq: 230
Qatar: 188
Kuwait: 144
Oman: 81
Lebanon: 56
Libya: 43
Jordan: 41
Bahrain: 39
Yemen: 28
Meat consumption per year. (kilograms per person)— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 23, 2018
US: 120
Australia: 111
Spain: 97
Israel: 96
Canada: 94
Italy: 90
Germany: 88
France: 87
Brazil: 85
UK: 84
Russia: 69
South Africa: 58
China: 58
Saudi: 54
Japan: 45
Turkey: 25
Pakistan: 14
Indonesia: 11
Nigeria: 8
India: 4
(FAO)