Good morning. The number of listed companies in steady decline in the US

www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/06/where-did-all-the-publicly-traded-listings-go/

Krugman versus the austerians, the (semi-)game

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-krugman-battles-austerians/

Trade and its champions

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/06/global-trade-graphics

Ah, another China-will-be-bigger-than-the-US prediction

http://uk.businessinsider.com/chinas-gdp-is-expected-to-surpass-the-us-in-11-years-2015-6?r=US

Some comments of Bruegel on the attainability of 4% growth

http://www.bruegel.org/nc/blog/detail/article/1652-the-4-percent-growth-target/

And here is some more on listings…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/06/the-u-s-listing-gap/

Real world food prices in two time frames (and with two different axes!)

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http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2015/wp15133.pdf

Talk about useless statistics…

http://uk.businessinsider.com/affordability-of-10-liters-of-smirnoff-red-are-around-the-world-2015-6

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