Good morning. In case you have lost track somewhere along the line

http://www.edmundconway.com/2016/04/the-most-telling-chart-from-the-treasurys-brexit-report/

The top ten trends in fin tech

http://www.futuresmag.com/2016/04/15/top-10-trends-fintech

Has the gold/silver ratio finally reached a low?

http://uk.businessinsider.com/silver-gold-ratio-capital-economics-2016-4

The search for the 51st state

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/04/daily-chart-12?fsrc=rss

High Yield defaults rates are at the average. The problem is, the average is pretty rare….

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/04/19/2159484/us-hy-default-rate-almost-back-at-its-historical-average/

“Monetary policy at the zero lower bound: revelations from the summary of economic projections” Or did I already share this one?

https://www.kansascityfed.org/~/media/files/publicat/research/macrobulletins/mb16kahnpalmer0406.pdf?la=en

“Unhedgeable risk How climate change sentiment impacts investment”

http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/publications/publication-pdfs/unhedgeable-risk.pdf

Low productivity due to limited competition?

http://ritholtz.com/2016/04/low-productivity-driven-by-less-competition/

Bank lending in the Eurozone

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/pdf/blssurvey_201604.pdf?62706d1f446edb3d029bf00251b7a665

Interesting. US national Debt grew less than GDP in 2015

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-04-18/america-is-nowhere-close-to-having-a-debt-crisis

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