Good Morning. The Global Hunger index: it’s the no-data countries that are probably worse off

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/10/daily-chart-11

Interesting fact: volatility in stocks is nowhere near as volatile as the last time the debt ceiling did the rounds…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/10/15/it-could-be-worse.html

… maybe the Fitch news has some impact? “USA’s ‘AAA’ Placed on Rating Watch Negative at Fitch”…
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/10/united-states-aaa-placed-on-rating-watch-negative-at-fitch/
http://www.businessinsider.com/fitch-puts-usa-aaa-rating-on-watch-2013-10

…but nothing is going to happen, according to this piece….
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/10/americas-economy

Did I show this one before? Bond yields from 1800 onwards

http://www.businessinsider.com/developed-nations-defaults-since-1800-2013-10

The IMF has started publishing a new measure of inflation: G20 inflation… For the record.

http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2013/pr13405.htm

Interesting find from the alphaville team, with all the rumours on a 10% capital levy going round


http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/10/15/1667052/wealth-taxing-redux/

Cool chart (+ report) on the importance of gold mining for a number of countries

http://www.pwc.com/en_GX/gx/mining/publications/assets/pwc-the-direct-economic-impact-of-gold.pdf
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-top-15-gold-producers-in-the-world-2013-10

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