Good morning. The shocking performance of the Spanish economy…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-30/spain-fiesta-or-siesta

Pretty cool chart about the breakdown of decline in CO2 emissions through the year. Don’t get fooled by the scale though…

http://www.businessinsider.com/whats-responsible-for-the-drop-in-co2-emissions-2013-7

Unemployment has declined in the US, but those receiving unemployment benefits has declined more…

http://www.offthechartsblog.org/unemployments-down-but-more-unemployed-workers-lack-jobless-benefits/

Longer term returns of the major asset classes. Of course, stocks are a little bit more volatile… (via Ruud van Suijdam)

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/view-image/?src=2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-12.29.40-PM.png

Still some holiday backlog, but interesting enough to show: the flow from bonds to equities…

http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/07/22/chart-o-the-day-rotation-now-undeniable/

…and I don’t think anyone will notice that this one is a week old: over 200 years of correlation between bonds and stocks

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-death-of-bonds-as-an-asset-class-2013-7

An estimate on the size of Chinese shadow banking. No clue how reliable this data is, but isn’t that so with all Chinese data?

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/07/11/1565062/shadow-financing-charted-in-china-and-a-property-catch-up/

And who is going to make a chart like this for Europe? And who is in charge of rejecting energy…?

http://www.businessinsider.com/one-beautiful-chart-will-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-energy-use-in-america-2013-7

The change in the US labour market over the past 70 years…

http://www.businessinsider.com/dont-worry-about-robots-replacing-jobs-2013-7

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