Good morning. Nice chart on oil disruptions
http://uk.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-chart-on-supply-disruptions-in-the-oil-industry-2016-5
Look at the pay gap in the United Arab Emirates!
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/05/gender-pay-gap-0
Peak people.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/demographics-shift-first-time-in-human-history-2016-5
Finally, some good news from the Atlanta Fed!
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/05/fed-watch-fed-not-as-convinced-about-june-as-markets.html
Pension underfunding by US state…
http://www.focus262.com/blog/2016/05/the-high-cost-of-high-expected-returns/
Spot the weak one out…
http://uk.businessinsider.com/deutsche-bank-risk-of-political-collapse-2016-5
And speaking of weak one’s: this one is about Greece
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/05/13/2161323/what-if-greece-got-massive-debt-relief-but-no-one-admitted-it-part-1/
A country report by the IMF on….. Luxembourg
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16119.pdf
Bye, bye, yield.
http://ritholtz.com/2016/05/yield-vs-duration/
Nice photo’s, interesting read
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/upshot/what-was-the-greatest-era-for-american-innovation-a-brief-guided-tour.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
And of course, the US schedule for the week to come
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/05/schedule-for-week-of-may-15-2016.html
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