(source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/20/the-sequester-absolutely-everything-you-could-possibly-need-to-know-in-one-faq/)

?????????????????? http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/02/economic-optimism-v-the-sequester.html

?????????????????? http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/02/13/182971/gops-complaints-about-looming.html

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???Fed backs away from asset buying??? Which is what the FT had to say about the FOMC minutes???

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cae57b82-7b88-11e2-8eb3-00144feabdc0.html

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???and this is what James Saft made of it: the pain of unwinding???

?????????????????? http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft/2013/02/20/the-fed-and-the-pain-of-unwinding-james-saft/

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Leverage in Asia: you do not read a lot about that???

?????????????????? http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/02/21/hsbc-asias-worrying-debt-driven-growth/

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A lot has been happening in commodities these last couple of weeks (if not 24 hours). Time for an overview:

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?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/2/20/bespokes-commodity-snapshot.html

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And linked to that the estimated impact of Shale Gas???

?????????????????? http://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2013/02/20/europe-china-and-shale-gas-euphoria-or-rejection/

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From Russia with love. Capital flight in Russia is big business: $ 49 billion according to the Russian central bank

?????????????????? http://www.cnbc.com/id/100476080

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Inequality in the US. Still on the rise.

?????????????????? http://fsaraceno.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/stones-keep-raining/

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This is probably pretty serious and interesting research, but writing ???We continue to advocate that investors attempt to avoid declining markets??? sort of kills all the effort. (Where the Black Swans Hide & the 10 Best Days Myth)

?????????????????? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1908469

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Nice article! Ageing and productivity: Economists and others

?????????????????? http://www.voxeu.org/article/ageing-and-productivity-economists-and-others

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HAHAHA! Forgive me for laughing, but if THIS is the chart ???that every gold bull is clinging to??????.

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/the-chart-gold-bulls-are-clinging-to-2013-2

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