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2025-11-20 02:23:17

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Inflation Watch: Countries Losing Purchasing Power in 2025

Key Takeaways

• When inflation is high, money stops holding its value and turns into a melting asset instead.
• In Venezuela, the purchasing power of $100 could drop to just $15 by the end of 2025.

Imagine earning $100 in January, only to have it buy less than $80 worth of goods or services by December. That’s how fast inflation is eating away at purchasing power in some countries.

This graphic, created in partnership with Plasma, highlights countries with the highest inflation rates and what $100 could be worth by the end of 2025. It’s part of our Money 2.0 series, where we highlight how finance is evolving into its next era. 

The Declining Value of $100 Due to Inflation

Some countries are facing high inflation rates, which means that prices are rising very quickly. As prices rise, money you already hold will buy you less than it did before.

What does this look like in dollar terms? Using projected 2025 inflation rates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we estimated what the equivalent of $100 at the start of the year will be worth by the end of 2025.

Country	Purchasing Power of $100 by End of 2025
Venezuela	$15
Sudan	$67
Iran	$69
Türkiye	$76
Yemen	$76
Zimbabwe	$77
Myanmar	$77
Haiti	$77
Burundi	$77
Argentina	$78

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, Oct. 2025.

The IMF expects Venezuela will have an inflation rate of nearly 549% in 2025. In practical terms, this means $100 saved at the start of the year would only buy goods worth $15 by December. Economic sanctions from the U.S. have worsened the financial crisis in the country. 

Even outside this extreme example, many countries are on track to see the local currency lose about a quarter of its purchasing power over the course of the year. This means wages and savings lose value quickly, making everyday essentials like food and rent harder to afford.

How to Protect Purchasing Power

When local money is rapidly losing purchasing power, residents can move their savings into a currency experiencing much lower inflation and more stability.

For instance, stablecoins are primarily pegged to the U.S. dollar and can help people preserve the value of their money. With Plasma One, a global U.S. dollar card, people can quickly sign up on their phone and use their stablecoin balance in more than 150 countries.

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2025-11-20 01:11:27

When Companies Will Reach $5 Trillion in Market Cap

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After Nvidia became the world’s first $5 trillion dollar company in October 2025, investors are left wondering which tech giant will reach the milestone next.

To find out, we’ve visualized forecasts that estimate when various companies could reach a $5 trillion market cap based on historical growth trends.

Data & Discussion

The analysis from BestBrokers.com is based on each company’s 3-year average growth rate.

It projects that Microsoft and Alphabet could reach $5 trillion sometime in the second half of 2026, while others, including Apple and Meta, could follow in 2027.

Hyperscalers Could Hit $5 Trillion Soon

Microsoft is expected to be the next company to reach $5 trillion if its 3-year average growth rate of 32% continues. While Microsoft generates a majority of its revenue from cloud services, other segments like gaming are growing at an impressive pace.

Alphabet, which has an average annual growth rate of 43% over the past 3 years, could follow soon after. Google’s flagship ad business continues to drive massive revenue, allowing the company to pour billions into its AI initiatives.

Alphabet shares have also received a boost after Berkshire Hathaway revealed its $4.9 billion stake in the company.

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2025-11-19 23:22:29

Visualizing All of the World’s Data Centers in 2025

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Data centers are the backbone of the digital economy, storing, managing, and processing the world’s data.

In this graphic, we visualize the countries with the most data centers as of November 2025, revealing where the world’s digital infrastructure is concentrated.

Data & Discussion

The data for this graphic was accessed via Statista. We visualized it with a sunburst chart, which shows the top countries within each region.

Country	Region	Data Centers
U.S.	Americas	4,165
UK	Europe	499
Germany	Europe	487
China	Asia & Oceania	381
France	Europe	321
Canada	Americas	293
Australia	Asia & Oceania	274
India	Asia & Oceania	271
Japan	Asia & Oceania	242
Italy	Europe	209
Brazil	Americas	195
Netherlands	Europe	194
Spain	Europe	194
Indonesia	Asia & Oceania	182
Russia	Europe	180
Ireland	Europe	139
Switzerland	Europe	117
Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	114
Sweden	Europe	103
Hong Kong	Asia & Oceania	95
Poland	Europe	94
South Korea	Asia & Oceania	93
Finland	Europe	87
Norway	Europe	86
Turkey	Europe	83
Singapore	Asia & Oceania	78
Denmark	Europe	68
Chile	Americas	67
Romania	Europe	65
Mexico	Americas	63
Israel	Africa & Middle East	61
UAE	Africa & Middle East	58
New Zealand	Asia & Oceania	57
South Africa	Africa & Middle East	56
Thailand	Asia & Oceania	56
Czechia	Europe	55
Austria	Europe	52
Saudi Arabia	Africa & Middle East	51
Belgium	Europe	48
Portugal	Europe	46
Colombia	Americas	42
Argentina	Americas	42
Ukraine	Europe	38
Taiwan	Asia & Oceania	36
Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	34
Philippines	Asia & Oceania	31
Bulgaria	Europe	31
Pakistan	Asia & Oceania	27
Latvia	Europe	25
Greece	Europe	22
Nigeria	Africa & Middle East	21
Slovenia	Europe	21
Kenya	Africa & Middle East	20
Iran	Africa & Middle East	20
Lithuania	Europe	19
Hungary	Europe	19
Cyprus	Europe	18
Panama	Americas	17
Croatia	Europe	16
Luxembourg	Europe	16
Oman	Africa & Middle East	15
Bangladesh	Asia & Oceania	15
Peru	Americas	14
Egypt	Africa & Middle East	13
Kazakhstan	Asia & Oceania	13
Serbia	Europe	13
Slovakia	Europe	13
Iceland	Europe	13
Morocco	Africa & Middle East	12
Costa Rica	Americas	12
Estonia	Europe	12
Tanzania	Africa & Middle East	11
Qatar	Africa & Middle East	11
Mauritius	Africa & Middle East	10
Uruguay	Americas	10
Cambodia	Asia & Oceania	10
Malta	Europe	10
Ecuador	Americas	9
Nepal	Asia & Oceania	9
Ghana	Africa & Middle East	8
Bahrain	Africa & Middle East	8
Angola	Africa & Middle East	8
Jordan	Africa & Middle East	8
Puerto Rico	Americas	8
Senegal	Africa & Middle East	7
Guatemala	Americas	7
Macedonia	Europe	7
Liechtenstein	Europe	7
Ivory Coast	Africa & Middle East	6
Mozambique	Africa & Middle East	6
Libya	Africa & Middle East	6
Algeria	Africa & Middle East	6
Paraguay	Americas	6
Venezuela	Americas	6
Uzbekistan	Asia & Oceania	6
Mongolia	Asia & Oceania	6
Moldova	Europe	6
Isle of Man	Europe	6
Gibraltar	Europe	6
Reunion	Africa & Middle East	5
Kuwait	Africa & Middle East	5
Ethiopia	Africa & Middle East	5
Botswana	Africa & Middle East	5
Bolivia	Americas	5
Myanmar	Asia & Oceania	5
Jersey	Europe	5
DRC	Africa & Middle East	4
Djibouti	Africa & Middle East	4
Tunisia	Africa & Middle East	4
Uganda	Africa & Middle East	4
Honduras	Americas	4
Bahamas	Americas	4
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	4
Brunei	Asia & Oceania	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	4
Georgia	Europe	4
Albania	Europe	4
Rwanda	Africa & Middle East	3
Zambia	Africa & Middle East	3
Madagascar	Africa & Middle East	3
Zimbabwe	Africa & Middle East	3
Dominican Republic	Americas	3
El Salvador	Americas	3
Nicaragua	Americas	3
Curacao	Americas	3
Guam	Asia & Oceania	3
Kyrgyzstan	Asia & Oceania	3
New Caledonia	Asia & Oceania	3
Azerbaijan	Asia & Oceania	3
Monaco	Europe	3
Andorra	Europe	3
Guernsey	Europe	3
Lebanon	Africa & Middle East	2
Namibia	Africa & Middle East	2
Cameroon	Africa & Middle East	2
Togo	Africa & Middle East	2
Lesotho	Africa & Middle East	2
Suriname	Americas	2
Bermuda	Americas	2
Cayman Islands	Americas	2
Armenia	Asia & Oceania	2
Bhutan	Asia & Oceania	2
Maldives	Asia & Oceania	2
Laos	Asia & Oceania	2
Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	2
Afghanistan	Asia & Oceania	2
French Polynesia	Asia & Oceania	2
Belarus	Europe	2
Greenland	Europe	2
Malawi	Africa & Middle East	1
Republic of the Congo	Africa & Middle East	1
Iraq	Africa & Middle East	1
Burkina Faso	Africa & Middle East	1
Guinea	Africa & Middle East	1
Palestine	Africa & Middle East	1
Gabon	Africa & Middle East	1
Mali	Africa & Middle East	1
Mayotte	Africa & Middle East	1
Equatorial Guinea	Africa & Middle East	1
Eswatini	Africa & Middle East	1
Sudan	Africa & Middle East	1
Seychelles	Africa & Middle East	1
Somalia	Africa & Middle East	1
French Guiana	Americas	1
Martinique	Americas	1
Jamaica	Americas	1
U.S. Virgin Islands	Americas	1
Papua New Guinea	Asia & Oceania	1
Macau	Asia & Oceania	1
Solomon Islands	Asia & Oceania	1
Kosovo	Europe	1

America: The Epicenter of Global Data

The U.S. leads the world with 4,165 data centers, accounting for nearly 38% of all facilities worldwide. This is due to the country’s robust tech sector, with major players like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft operating extensive cloud infrastructure.

Companies like OpenAI are also driving an historic build-out of digital infrastructure to power AI workloads, with spending commitments of $1.4 trillion between now and 2035. Whether or not this level of spending is sustainable remains to be seen.

Europe’s Data Center Network

Europe hosts nearly 3,500 data centers, with the largest numbers seen in the UK (499), Germany (487), and France (321).

The EU’s regulatory emphasis on privacy, through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), has also spurred the growth of local facilities, especially in Northern and Western Europe.

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2025-11-19 21:02:48

Ranked: States Americans Are Moving To

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Nearly one in five Americans who moved between 2023 and 2024 relocated across state lines, marking one of the lowest national mobility rates in U.S. history. Still, migration patterns reveal clear regional winners, with people continuing to flock toward warmer, lower-cost states.

This visualization highlights the top destinations and origins of interstate movers, based on fresh data from Point2Homes. It shows where Americans are relocating and how these patterns reflect broader economic and demographic shifts.

Sun Belt States Dominate Migration Flows

Florida, California and Texas were the clear winners of interstate migration. Each attracted around half a million new residents from other states, with Florida’s 21% out-of-state share standing out.

North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee also saw high inbound movement, suggesting the Sun Belt remains a powerful draw due to job opportunities, climate, and affordability.

Coastal and Northern States See Modest Gains

California and New York still saw millions of total movers, but a smaller portion came from outside their borders—11% and 17%, respectively.

These high-population states often experience both significant inflows and outflows, as many residents leave for lower-cost regions while newcomers arrive for career opportunities or lifestyle reasons.

Small States Show High Mobility Rates

States like Wyoming, Vermont, and Hawaii had some of the highest percentages of newcomers from out of state, exceeding 30%.

Attractive natural environments, remote work flexibility, and lifestyle migration continue to reshape these regions.

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2025-11-19 03:16:59

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The record-long U.S. government shutdown resulted in billions in losses to the economy.

Over a million federal workers went without pay for more than six weeks, limiting their spending capacity. Meanwhile, about $2 billion in food stamp spending was delayed over the six-week period, affecting 40 million people.

This graphic shows the estimated cost of the U.S. government shutdown, based on analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

The Government Shutdown’s $54 Billion Freeze

Below, we show the financial impact of delayed federal spending by category:

As we can see, delayed compensation was estimated to reach $16 billion over a six-week period.

In total, 730,000 federal employees were working without pay, while 670,000 were furloughed. Many air traffic controllers looked for other work during the shutdown, an industry already facing a shortage of 3,903 fully certified workers prior to the shutdown.

Delayed spending on goods and services totaled $36 billion, the largest category overall. For instance, the shutdown forced the Small Business Administration to halt $170 million in federal loan guarantees per day, impacting at least 8,300 small businesses.

Given these disruptions, it is estimated that the shutdown will shave off $28 billion from real GDP in the fourth quarter of 2025. For the travel industry alone, spending fell by an estimated $5 billion.

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2025-11-19 00:43:00

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Ranked: Number of Trade Agreements Across 30 Economies

Fueled by post-Brexit trade agreements, the UK leads its peers with 39 deals. How do other economies from this year’s Sustainable Trade Index stack up?

This visualization, created in partnership with Hinrich Foundation, shows the number of trade agreements each country has in place, using data from the World Trade Organization.

The analysis comes from the 2025 Sustainable Trade Index (STI), which the Hinrich Foundation produced in collaboration with the IMD World Competitiveness Center.

What Is a Trade Agreement?

A trade agreement is a pact between countries that sets rules for cross-border trade. These deals lower barriers like tariffs and quotas, making trade more predictable and encouraging investment.

Types include bilateral (two countries) and multilateral (three or more). They range from free trade agreements that reduce tariffs, to customs unions with shared external policies, and economic unions (like the European Union) with deeper integration.

Countries with the Most Trade Agreements

Of the 30 countries tracked by the STI, there is a huge range in terms of number of trade agreements. 

The UK ranks first with 39 agreements. The country focused on building trade ties with non-EU nations after voting to leave the bloc in 2016.

Rank	Country	Regional Trade Agreements (number)
1	UK	39
2	Chile	31
3	Singapore	28
4	Mexico	23
4	South Korea	23
6	Peru	21
7	China	20
8	Australia	19
8	India	19
10	Japan	18
11	Malaysia	17
12	Indonesia	16
12	Vietnam	16
14	Canada	15
14	New Zealand	15
14	Thailand	15
17	U.S.	14
18	Brunei	11
18	Philippines	11
18	Russia	11
21	Cambodia	10
21	Laos	10
21	Pakistan	10
24	Ecuador	9
24	Myanmar	9
26	Hong Kong	8
27	Papua New Guinea	6
27	Sri Lanka	6
29	Bangladesh	5
30	Taiwan	4

Chile ranks second with 31 agreements. Singapore follows in third place with 28 agreements. Both countries are small and depend heavily on imports.

Canada ranks 14^th with 15 agreements. The U.S. ranks 17^th with 14 agreements. Both countries sit in the middle of the pack.

Countries with the Least Trade Agreements

Several countries in the STI show limited openness to trade.

Taiwan ranks last with only 4 agreements. Bangladesh follows closely with 5 agreements. Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea each hold 6 agreements.

Russia maintains 11 agreements despite heightened geopolitical tensions. It ranks 18^th overall.

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This infographic was just a small subset of what the Sustainable Trade Index has to offer. To learn more, visit the Hinrich Foundation, where you can download additional resources including the entire report for free.

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