Good morning. Right. Remember world GDP back in the year 500?
http://paulromer.net/speeding-up-and-missed-opportunities-evidence/

How illiquidity in the credit markets could be the trigger for a sell-off in equities…

http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-hybrid-mutual-funds-have-a-14-trillion-credit-equity-contagion-timebomb-2015-10

And speaking of credits: here are some chart suggesting that the rise in spreads in the non-commodity producing part is overdone

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/10/16/2142310/lessons-from-the-tmt-bust-for-todays-high-yield-investors/

Emerging markets currencies appear to track the price development of the metals

http://uk.businessinsider.com/credit-suisse-heres-why-the-emerging-markets-rally-may-be-about-to-end-2015-10

Election watch number I

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/10/after-debate?

This one should not come as a big surprise…

http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-company-effective-tax-rate-below-statutory-rate-2015-10

In Dutch, but here is a bit of reading on the Dutch mortgage market

http://www.dnb.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht-en-archief/dnbulletin-2015/dnb332424.jsp

Start saving more. We haven’t saved enough yet?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-to-workers-start-saving-moreor-well-do-it-for-you-1444901580

The UK economy is on fire!

http://uk.businessinsider.com/record-low-unemployment-in-the-uk-2015-9

And -yes- the schedule for the week to come. The Us perspective
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2015/10/schedule-for-week-of-october-18th.html

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