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https://twitter.com/finansakrobat/status/437664497809907712

This was the week of the depreciating yuan…

http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2014/02/25/watch-chinas-exchange-rate-policy/

Think 2013 was a volatile year for bonds? Depends how you look at it…

http://www.businessinsider.com/yields-stage-big-moves-almost-every-year-2014-2

Are stocks cheap or expensive? Given the low level of inflation, the answer may surprise you…

http://www.businessinsider.com/pe-ratio-different-inflation-environments-2014-2

Nice chart on where all the economic activity in the US takes place

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

A lot of charts and writing on the FOMC transcripts of 2008…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/02/its-all-fun-games-until-someone-loses-an-economy/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/21/business/federal-reserve-2008-transcripts.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/21/the-2008-fomc-laugh-track-gallows-humor-at-the-federal-reserve/
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/02/21/1778992/and-yes-the-fed-was-really-really-concerned-about-treasury-fails-in-2008/
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/02/21/1779582/fomc-transcripts-bernanke-on-japanese-vs-american-monetary-policy-or-qe-vs-credit-easing/

Cool chart! It does raise a question who’s Belgium’s biggest trade partner is… (if not France and Germany)

http://qz.com/181056/globalization-really-means-countries-just-trade-with-their-neighbors/

CAPEX spending in the US broken down by sector

http://www.businessinsider.com/capex-spending-by-industry-2014-2

Not exactly new, but certainly insightful: where did the money flow to?

http://propinquityadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Propinquity-Periodic-Table-of-World-Wide-Fund-Flows-Dec-2013.jpg

All you always wanted to know about derivatives in a flashy looking website…

http://futuresfundamentals.cmegroup.com/index.html

One for keeps: the various timing moments of manufacturing surveys

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-manufacturing-survey-periods-2014-2

Very interesting chart showing how important drought stricken California is for quite a number of crops

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-californias-water-going

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