Good morning. Japanese economy is back into a recession, following the disappointing third quarter GDP report
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-16/abenomics-officially-leads-japan-triple-dip-recession
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/17/us-japan-economy-idUSKCN0J00X820141117

And for the good news from Greece

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/11/daily-chart-7

Just to put things into perspective somewhat…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/11/sunday-reads-26/

And here is some more perspective, but then on QE. BoJ and Swiss national are the biggest compared to the economy, but on an absolute level, it is the Fed

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-14/axel-merk-why-swiss-should-vote-yes-gold-initiative

Best of last week. So you know it.

https://lukasdaalder.com/2014/11/14/best-in-economics-this-week-november-14/

The overview of third quarter results: IT rules.

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/11/14/technology-finished-on-top.html

Cool chart on petrodollar exports

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-15/oil-producing-countries-currencies-are-getting-crushed

Cool chart, otherwise useless…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/14/wonkbook-could-the-feds-bring-bribery-charges-against-world-cup-officials/

And, as always, the schedule for the week to come. Including US housing starts

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/11/schedule-for-week-of-november-16th.html

http://www.bis.org/publ/work471.htm

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