The need to check and recheck your numbers, a bull market for baby teeth, the lures of personal finance personalities, and how Instagram is becoming the new mall…it was an interesting month.

‘Twas the week before Christmas, so let’s set the scene: Just what the heck happened In 2018?

These 15 questions are by no means exhaustive—they are not intended to be—but they serve as a helpful checklist for the main structural factors to consider when assessing a country’s macroeconomic backdrop.

Our team comes across hundreds of weird and wonderful reads in our daily research. Below are the handful that stood out for us last month.