Good morning. More is needed to just freeze production…

http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-the-oil-production-freeze-might-not-be-a-game-changer-2016-2

Interesting: “Apple prices $12bn bond sale – Size of offering signals new life in debt markets”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/af9a76a4-d4ca-11e5-8887-98e7feb46f27.html#axzz40MlM13hE

Finally someone sensible: the odds of a US recession are 100%. We only do not know when…

http://news.forexlive.com/!/odds-of-another-us-recession-are-100-bnp-paribas-20160216

Following the GDP Nowcasting, we also have an Inflation Nowcasting! (via Rikkert Scholten)

https://www.clevelandfed.org/our-research/indicators-and-data/inflation-nowcasting.aspx

If history is anything to go by, than Europe is the most recession prone, by the looks of it

http://uk.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-chart-country-recession-2016-2

Dis-stressed (via Jens Pongratz)

http://www.markit.com/Commentary/Get/09022016-Credit-Distressed-bond-numbers-escalate-at-alarming-pace

Sanders for President!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/millennial-wave-unsettles-presidential-race-1455577532

The Obama administration’s budget outlook. Interesting to see that they think that risk are equally spread…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/15/one-of-the-most-important-budget-graphs-youll-ever-see/

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