Scattered around the world…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/03/how-so-many-of-the-worlds-people-live-in-so-little-of-its-space/

Woh! So Ebay exists 20 years already??

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/09/daily-chart-1

No recession in sight in the US

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-us-interest-rate-jump-in-september-is-back-on-2015-8

From the FT: “Oil surges 25% in three trading sessions”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0a6b9a80-5001-11e5-b029-b9d50a74fd14.html

According to this research, we should be invested in cash right now

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-01/the-most-downloaded-ssrn-paper-ever-is-all-about-market-timing

Then again….

http://uk.businessinsider.com/deutsche-banks-jim-reid-sums-up-everything-thats-terrifying-about-the-markets-2015-9

ETF’s had a rough time, last week…

http://www.wsj.com/articles/stock-market-tumult-exposes-flaws-in-modern-markets-1440547138

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-etf-investors-messed-up-during-this-week-s-market-scramble-154320620.html

Some perspective on the development of industrial production

http://andolfatto.blogspot.nl/2015/09/on-chinese-fiscal-stimulus-memory-hole.html

But then again: how trustworthy are those Chinese numbers to begin with?

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-01/ritholtz-s-reads-beware-stories-of-the-death-cross

Some scenarios for the next ten years to come…

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/shifting_tides_global_economic_scenarios_for_2015_25

Growth meets… eh… misses stock market returns

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-stock-market-and-economy-have-had-no-correlation-2015-9

Cool chart. The red bits are the bear markets. They do not look all that impressive, but that is thanks to the three big bull runs stretching the axes

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/09/long-term-market-recoveries/

In the past, technology has created more jobs than destroyed. Not much of a surprise, I would say

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/17/technology-created-more-jobs-than-destroyed-140-years-data-census

Interesting chart: the difference a month can make…

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-02/ritholtz-s-reads-maybe-it-s-time-to-be-in-cash

Oops, there goes the Netherlands….

http://uk.businessinsider.com/changes-earth-ice-melted-glacier-animated-map-2015-8

M&A not heading for a record in 2015 after all?

http://uneasymoney.com/2015/09/01/more-economic-prejudice-and-high-minded-sloganeering/

A bit of reading on inflation targeting…

https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/economic_brief/2015/pdf/eb_15-09.pdf

The ECB on the impact of aging on medium term growth

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbop165.en.pdf

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