Good morning. Nice table showing how steady gold production has been; but how volatile (one way volatile) the price

(source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-14/ecbs-weidmann-gold-money-social-convention)

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Chinese exports show a positive surprise. Turnaround or a bump?

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/57b91108-1537-11e2-8e6d-00144feabdc0.html

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/china-september-export-irregularites-2012-10

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And maybe I can ask the same question for this chart?

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/10/12/china-bounces-back.html

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???China central bank chief wary of QE3 inflation risk???

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/13/us-china-economy-inflation-idUSBRE89C0AM20121013

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Who needs Asia when you can find beautiful growth in Africa? IMF publishes its regional outlook

?????????????????? http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2012/afr/eng/sreo1012.pdf

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The death of a market??? Nice chart showing the end of the CDS market

?????????????????? http://soberlook.com/2012/10/death-of-market.html

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Two lines that seem to move in the same direction at the same time, but probably have little in common???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-intrade-odds-and-inflation-2012-10

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The first chart stating that the Fed is behind the curve, already??

?????????????????? http://soberlook.com/2012/10/taylor-rule-suggests-that-overnight.html

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Even citi is now more positive on Grexit???.

?????????????????? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/10/12/1208321/a-grexit-delayed-if-not-denied/

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/12/us-greece-grexit-citi-idUSBRE89B13120121012

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/citi-slashes-the-odds-of-a-greek-exit-from-the-euro-2012-10

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The schedule for the week to come: earnings are important

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/14/us-usa-stocks-weekahead-idUSBRE89C08V20121014

?????????????????? http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/10/schedule-for-week-of-oct-14th.html

?????????????????? http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/10/14/week-ahead-october-14-19/

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