(source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-four-official-recession-indicators-2012-12)

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And this is what the recent development in US economy looks like: not very strong???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/lakshman-achuthan-tell-tale-chart-2012-12

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???which brings us to the next issue: Is It Time to Panic Over Corporate Profits? (via @Tilly_Kammeron)

?????????????????? http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/10/22/is-it-time-to-panic-over-corporate-profits/

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Weidman doesn???t sound too happy on the Greece deal???

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/09/us-eurozone-weidmann-idUSBRE8B800120121209

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For al ye gold bugs out there: China is rising!

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-12-07/hidden-dangers-gold

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And another gold chart. Apparently it is not bullish

?????????????????? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/12/07/1298491/capping-the-gold-price/

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Another cool example of how difficult predicting really can be???

?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/12/focus-0

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The fiscal cliff is the Watergate of the 10s: all of a sudden there are cliffs popping up everywhere! This one is about the infrastructure cliff

?????????????????? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/the-infrastructure-cliff-why-the-us-desperately-needs-a-25-trillion-upgrade/265915/

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One of the remarkable trends in the US labour market???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-07/chart-day-jobs-additions-age-group-reveals-scariest-picture

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The BIS quarterly review. Always interesting

?????????????????? http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt1212.htm

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This is definitely a worrying development, right?

?????????????????? http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/12/weekly-eurozone-watch-12712/

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A topic that is getting more traction: rising labour costs in China (via @went1955)

?????????????????? http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/when-cheap-foreign-labor-gets-less-cheap/

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And the schedules for the week to come

?????????????????? http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/12/schedule-for-week-of-dec-9th.html

?????????????????? http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/12/09/week-ahead-december-10-14/

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Ah well, just for the fun of it: wars going on???

?????????????????? http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/12/warships-of-silicon-valley/

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