Good morning.Interesting chart + story on the ‘about six months’ statement that was supposed to have upset the markets

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2014/03/21/janet-yellen-didnt-gaffe/

And those hoping for a rebound in the Chinese PMI… Maybe next month…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-23/copper-yuan-tumble-china-manufacturing-pmi-drops-lowest-8-months-output-plunges

Ok, it is a shame that they did not add the date, but it is fascinating never the less (via Reinier Brenninkmeijer)

The 50th edition of the Best of the Week!

https://lukasdaalder.com/2014/03/21/best-in-economics-this-week-march-21/

Employment, growth and car sales across a number of countries… (via @leonmwc)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/business/euro-zones-economic-health-is-better-but-not-good.html?_r=0

Interesting chart, although I cannot fail to see a rise in 2002, which stopped after one year…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/03/the-fed-and-hyperinflation/

Ok: if you want to get old, the best trick is to be a couple by the time you turn 65

https://www.jpmorganfunds.com/cm/Satellite?UserFriendlyURL=gtrbrowseslides&pagename=jpmfVanityWrapper

McKinsey publishes another Global Survey showing the way executives are currently viewing the world

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/economic_conditions_snapshot_march_2014_mckinsey_global_survey_results

Cool chart, showing the energy self sufficiency of a number of countries

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-23/probably-most-important-chart-world

A tale of two cities….

http://houseofdebt.org/2014/03/22/india-pakistan-and-growth-part-i.html

Abenomics: the score so far…
http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/bpea/papers/2014/abenomics-preliminary-analysis-and-outlook

And the schedules for the week to come.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/03/23/the-week-ahead-march-24-28/
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/03/schedule-for-week-of-march-23rd.html

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