Good morning.This is what happens to the stock futures once a disappointing Chinese growth figure is being published…

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-stock-reaction-to-china-pmi-2014-2

…and this is the number itself…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-19/china-manufacturing-pmi-misses-tumbles-7-month-low

Looks like Japan is a pretty risky place to live in…
http://maplecroft.com/portfolio/new-analysis/2014/02/19/natural-hazards-risk-atlas-2014/

And yet another map, but now showing where 50% of the economic activity in the US takes place (orange spots, via @wishmaster_nl)

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-gdp-map-2014-2

This one is getting some traction as well: the narrowing of the Greek current account defecit

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/02/euro-crisis

Nice chart from the Economist on African leaders, economic prosperity and life expectancy

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/02/daily-chart-12

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