Good morning. ???Europe is gaining on US??? I am not sure whether ???gaining??? is the right choice of words here???

(source: http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/11/15/europe-quickly-gaining-on-us.html)

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Noda almost made it as the prime minister longest in power, but alas: new elections are scheduled and Noda looks chanceless???

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6af19fa8-2f9d-11e2-b88b-00144feabdc0.html

?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21566681-economy-sinks-prime-minister-appears-ready-go-down-it-kamikaze-election

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And another nice one on politics, this time in Europe

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-15/why-politicians-hate-austerity-one-simple-chart

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New stress tests coming up for US banks?

?????????????????? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578121342423274534.html

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BUBBLE ALERT! Not that I am claiming it is a bubble, but someone is claiming that The economist might be claiming that Corporate bonds are looking bubbly???

?????????????????? http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/11/corporate-bond-bubble-inflating.html

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European recession???

?????????????????? http://blog.yardeni.com/2012/11/europes-recession.html

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A Barclays note on the Fed model and why it doesn???t work anymore???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-15/broken-fed-model-3-simple-charts

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Government???s net worth. Sort of makes you wonder???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-15/did-politicians-kill-buy-and-hold-dreams

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For the real fiscal cliff experts out there: the impact per state. Well, impact??? let???s say the arrow per state

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-15/how-fiscally-fubar-will-your-state-be

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Talk about important information! The wtf levels in twitter on wtflevel.com!

?????????????????? http://wtflevel.com/

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The statistics pocket book of the ECB. *kuch* You cannot leave home without it??? *kuch*

?????????????????? http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/stapobo/spb201211en.pdf

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And we finish with an article 4 consultation on Australia

?????????????????? http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=40098.0

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