This may come in useful, the weeks ahead: what ‘consensus’ thinks of tapering

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-big-and-fast-will-the-taper-be-2013-9

I can still see the Gullit Transfer (1987), but it is getting smaller and smaller…

http://www.businessinsider.com/record-football-transfers-2013-9

This one made me think. A lot…

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/08/asset-prices-and-interest-rates.html

The OECD gave an update on its outlook for the world economy. This chart is of course old news, but still… France?
http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/Interim_Assessment_Handout_September_2013.pdf

And the old Nokia no longer is: Mobile was sold to Microsoft this week

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-nokias-problems-explained-in-three-graphs-2013-9

Cool tool by the OECD to compare metropole area’s around the world

http://measuringurban.oecd.org/#

Interesting overview of The Great Divergence: why Europe took off so much earlier than the rest of the world..
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/08/economic-history-1

Interesting study into the development of ‘risk premia’ during the recovery over the past years…

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2013/august/stock-price-bond-risk-economic-recovery/

Leave it to the The economist to make a meaningful overview of chemical attacks…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about-syrias-chemical-weapons/

Always nice to see a bit of history, like 400 years of history of Dutch bond yields

http://rwer.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/interest-rates-the-long-run-netherlands-1590-2012-3-graphs/

The radical changes in household composition…

http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-how-households-have-changed-2013-9

Interesting read. “…but economies that live by cheap labor costs can die by them, too.”
http://qz.com/119674/what-gives-american-factories-their-competitive-edge-theyre-easy-to-close/

Most… ehm… uplifting picture I have seen in weeks! 🙂

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/09/daily_life_august_2013.html

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