Good morning. Nice overview of growth rates for 2013 (paywall)
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/07/focus-0

Ah yes, payroll day. The Financial Times is willing to pick a side: “US non-farm payrolls more likely to disappoint than satisfy”
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7e568964-e41a-11e2-91a3-00144feabdc0.html

A day too late, but here’s the overview of all the independence days in the world

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/07/daily-chart-2

Valuation of stocks, measured in Cyclical Adjusted Price Earnings. Sell Indonesia seems an obvious choice…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/07/global-cape-europe-cheap-usa-dear/

Concluding remarks from the IMF article 4 consultation on Italy… “A rebalancing of fiscal adjustment is urgently needed to support growth”
http://www.imf.org/external/np/ms/2013/070413.htm

Pretty clear chart showing that higher money growth is not the same as credit growth 

http://www.zerohedge.com/node/476035

And talking of Europe: the breakdown of the (lack of) growth in Europe by segment.

http://www.economonitor.com/rebeccawilder/2013/07/03/chart-for-the-day-growing-on-imports/

The chart is used as propaganda for the US (“charts to make you proud of America”), but I am more interested in the other countries…

http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-to-make-you-proud-to-be-an-american-2013-7

As a bit of an antidote for all them proud Americans. 🙂

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/07/surgery-required/

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