Good morning. Today will be the day. Or will it?
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/12/hiking-without-a-map/

Best of last week.

https://lukasdaalder.com/2015/12/11/best-in-economics-this-week-december-11/

The Trump is still at top

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/12/fifth-republican-debate

If only we had a bit more of history to see if this is seasonal or not… (via Jens Pongratz)

http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/number-strikes-and-worker-protests-china-hits-record-high-november

I have seen better charts than this one on this subject…

https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2015/december/getting-caught-low-middle-income-trap

Why low rates may be here to stay

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/upshot/why-very-low-interest-rates-may-stick-around.html

A bit of history on the weird debt ceiling they have in the US

http://www.nber.org/papers/w21799.pdf

Immigration and policy uncertainty

http://www.voxeu.org/article/immigration-fears-and-policy-uncertainty

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