Good morning. Pretty clear summary 🙂

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-01/five-years-global-pmi-data-one-heatmap

The latest buzz in town Likonomics (as opposed to Abenomics), or what a Chinese turnaround story looks like
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/07/stimulus-v-reform-china

This is something I didn’t know: the steady growth in dividends in the US…

http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2013/07/sp-500-dividends-grew-15-49-in-q2.html

The new Global Innovation index (with all its sub indices) has been released! (via @PAvBoesschoten) Why is Norway so low?

http://www.globalinnovationindex.org/content.aspx?page=data-analysis

Yesterday’s news: the Eurozone seems to be recovering…

http://www.businessinsider.com/european-pmi-roundup-2013-7

Call me stupid, but, eh… wasn’t there something like a gold standard back in the 70s, with the dollar being overvalued…?

http://www.businessinsider.com/financial-advisor-insights-july-1-2013-7

Ok, that does it: now I know for sure that the Economist has something against Dutch statistics. Even our Tour de France winners are almost the same colour as the no-winners….

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/07/daily-chart

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