Good morning. Cool chart on the deadlines of the world highest mountains… The
Annapurna is the real killer out there
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/05/daily-chart-18

Rates go up!! In Brazil, that is….
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/05/30/snap-brazil-hikes-rates-by-50bps-to-8/

With the OECD outlook and the European Commission reporting, too little attention has been given to the ECB’s stability report

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/financialstabilityreview201305en.pdf

The fast way to get up to date with the OECD outlook is by watching their youtube video…

….but all the details and nitty gritty can be found here

http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/global-economy-advancing-but-pace-of-recovery-varies.htm

OPEC is trying to get to grips with the changed power structure in the energy market…

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323855804578508871186460986.html

…but: “Oil guru says US shale revolution is ‘temporary’”
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/281b118e-c870-11e2-acc6-00144feab7de.html

Ah well, someone has taken another look at the debt-growth data… Bad growth leads to high debt, not the other way round

http://qz.com/88781/after-crunching-reinhart-and-rogoffs-data-weve-concluded-that-high-debt-does-not-cause-low-growth/

And yes, rising bond yields can have serious economic consequences…

http://www.businessinsider.com/mortgage-rates-housing-recovery-2013-5

Stock buyback announcements have gone vertical!

http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-buybacks-surge-to-record-levels-2013-5

For the Apple geeks out there. If they still exist, of course….

http://priceonomics.com/apples-first-computer-was-a-better-investment-than/

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