Good morning. “This is a global stock market rout worth celebrating”
The interesting thing is the small uptick of the green line around 65….
http://uk.businessinsider.com/divorce-and-marriage-by-age-charts-2016-2
“Japan GDP drops 1.4% in fourth quarter”
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e9ba29a0-d37c-11e5-829b-8564e7528e54.html#axzz40ApOI3wp
Some trends in household debt (according to the OECD)
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/5jm3xgtkk1f2.pdf
Chinese outflows continue unabated…
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/13/business/dealbook/china-exodus-flows-currency.html
Demand for gasoline is falling…
http://uk.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-slashes-oil-forecast-2016-2
no less than 250 pages on how to save the Eurozone
http://www.voxeu.org/sites/default/files/file/rebooting2_web.pdf
Now there’s a trend!
http://uk.businessinsider.com/about-half-of-total-food-spending-not-at-home-2016-2
Ok, I missed it this year, but this could come in handy next year!
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/02/daily-chart-7
I have no clue how this works
http://www.voxeu.org/article/using-rules-thumb-exchange-rate-pass-through-could-be-misleading
And, as always, the US schedule for the week to come
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/02/schedule-for-week-of-february-14-2016.html
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