Good morning. The US recovery may have been slower than in the past, but at least it is still going…

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.nl/2013/03/perspectives-on-sluggish-recovery.html

Some perspective though on the recovery in the US labour market…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-19/fomcs-two-handed-economy

Interesting information from a forthcoming report by PwC that European banks must shed 3.4 trillion from their balance sheet…

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44dffc34-8d61-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0.html

Ok. So, Cyprus continues to dominate the news for another day…

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ae1f144c-8fe5-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html

The concluding remarks of the IMF article 4 on the Netherlands. The remarks on pensions are interesting… (thanks @lexhoogduin & @MerijnKnibbe)

http://www.imf.org/external/np/ms/2013/031913.htm

And here is another – pretty clear – way to show divergence in Europe. This is German GDP versus trend…

…and this is the same for the Eurozone minus Germany…

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/03/18/ecb_s_monetary_policy_can_t_just_be_good_for_germany.html

The US energy production boom could lead to…. the Dutch disease?? Wasn’t that reserved for small and open economies, though?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/19/u-s-oil-production-is-booming-heres-the-catch/

In relation to this: the OECD is not letting France off the hook in its latest assessment

source: http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/france-2013.htm

Just to remind you what just happened, this last minute… (via @jackneele)

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