Good morning. Anniversary!

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“The big puzzle in economics today: why is the economy growing so slowly?”

http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12131216/theories-gdp-growth-slow

Oh! This should be an interesting read: the IMF on Japan!!

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16267.pdf

Brexit: good reference piece to come back to (two years from now)

http://voxeu.org/article/looking-back-ex-ante-estimates-costs-brexit

Tech boom. (when is the bust?)

http://uk.businessinsider.com/tech-mergers-and-acquisitions-revenues-highest-since-2000-2016-8

Forecasting recessions, 12 months ahead

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2016/which-market-indicators-best-forecast-recessions-20160802.html

And another country report by the IMF: United Arab Emirates

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16266.pdf

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