Good morning. Housing prices in a number of developed markets. The starting point influences the outcome of the picture hugely though
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/6/22/global-home-price-values.html
New all time high’s in the US, but what about Europe?
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/06/19/heres-how-much-upside-is-left-in-european-equities/
Could be interesting: “What the Gap Between CPI and PCE Means for Fed Overshooting”
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/06/20/what-the-gap-between-cpi-and-pce-means-for-fed-overshooting/?mod=WSJBlog
The best of last week. (source picture: http://www.ippawards.com/?project=2014-winners)
https://lukasdaalder.com/2014/06/20/best-in-economics-this-week-june-20/
Study from the IMF into the effect of tapering on Emerging Markets
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/230349435
Last week’s big news: more than 50 million people are on the run…
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/06/daily-chart-14
And still everybody wants to work in the US… 😉
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-vs-eu-fatal-occupational-injuries-2014-6
The ECB has been active over the weekend. Hwew’s a speech by the vice-president on inflation…
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2014/html/sp140619.en.html
…and here is an interview with Draghi in the Telegraaf! By @martinvisser
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/date/2014/html/sp140621.en.html
Some interesting stuff from the Financial Times on Emerging Market bonds…
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/06/20/em-liquidity-going-going/
Interesting bit of history on bad investments by a University
http://www.takepart.com/feature/2014/06/17/yeshiva-university-loses-endowment-hedge-funds
The difference between 2005-2007 and now… I am not that convinced, to be honest
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-20/low-volatility-vicious-circle
And, as ever, the schedule for the week to come
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/06/schedule-for-week-of-june-22nd.html
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