The US Federal budget: where is it all spent on? The second link is more useful for the 2014 budget
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04/2012-federal-spending-where-your-income-taxes-went/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/presidential-budget-2014/

Much ado about those ECB wealth numbers that were published on Tuesday
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/10/1454022/whos-the-eurozones-poorest-really/
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/eurocrisispress/2013/04/07/selective-truths-and-spanish-riches-the-bundesbanks-study-on-household-wealth-2/

Interesting chart on the US unemployment rate, except that I cannot find the various definitions or source…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/10/the-12-million-losers-in-obamas-new-budget/

Cool chart, but how many AAA companies (let alone bonds) are there…? And back in 1930?

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04/corporate-aaa-yields/

This is supposed to be worrisome, but to be honest,I am not certain what I am looking at…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-10/housing-recovery-shifts-contraction

All European workers are equal, but some are more equal than others…

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-10042013-AP/EN/3-10042013-AP-EN.PDF

Cyprus follows Goldmans’ advice and sells gold! (just kidding, of course)
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e0999506-a204-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0.html

More headwinds for gold: the Japanese are selling! (I can remember the fear of Japanese selling Treasuries as well, though: the impact was.. eh… limited)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323820304578412283865306950.html

Look at those exports go! 🙂 (via @jsblokland)

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-us-trade-deficit-with-china-2013-4

Of course, the fact it stops at 1989 is questionable, but interesting nevertheless: track-record on growth…

…and inflation of the various currency regimes…

http://crookedtimber.org/2013/04/09/how-good-was-gold-compared-with-bretton-woods-and-the-float/

Hahaha! The Big Mac index (originally by the Economist) but now on the price of … The Economist!

http://qz.com/72693/the-economists-big-mac-index-with-the-economist-instead-of-a-big-mac/

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