Good morning. McKinsey has published a big report on future technologies and their expected economic impact (via @menno_tamminga)
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/mckinsey-names-the-most-over-hyped-and-under-hyped-major-technologies-out-there/276190/

We are heading for a slow start of the week: UK and US markets are closed. And Japan is down again…
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/05/schedule-for-week-of-may-26th.html
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/05/26/week-ahead-may-27-31/

The best charts and links from last week

https://lukasdaalder.com/2013/05/26/best-in-economics-this-week-may-24/

Returns of various assets so far this year.

http://abnormalreturns.com/friday-links-just-because-you-can/

For all you Target2 lovers out there: the 2012 Target annual report is out

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/targetar2012en.pdf

Cool interactive chart on the development of private and public debt.

http://graphics.wsj.com/national-debts/

We already knew it by looking at the macro data, but now there is a poll to make it official…

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/05/chart-day-sequester-cuts-are-starting-bite
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-long-term-costs-of-the-sequester-battle-in-america-a-901734.html

Rates have been slashed around the world this month. Well, in those countries that could still lower rates…

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-central-bank-may-interest-rate-cuts-2013-5

Tons of gold charts on gold by Bank of America

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-25/first-gold-second-japanese-equities-whos-next-8-sigma-risk-flare

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