Good morning. Housing prices. Probably more important than most people think

http://oecdinsights.org/2016/12/01/statistical-insights-house-price-bubbles/

Let’s see what Trump will do to change this picture

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/12/global-growth-the-old-normal.html

The Chinese currency has been rising against every currency with only one exception. The wrong one…

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21711073-china-among-many-countries-see-its-currency-quail-strengthening

The OPEC deal: how long will it hold….

http://www.businessinsider.com/opec-deal-about-economic-problems-2016-12

A pretty extensive analyses on trade wars between the US and China

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/12/01/2180621/of-us-china-trade-war-games/

The way wealth is distributed around the world (via Matt Young)

http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21710771-new-analysis-how-worlds-wealth-distributed-you-may-be-higher-up

Subprime: it is back again…

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2016/11/just-released-subprime-auto-debt-grows-despite-rising-delinquencies.html

And the 99 photographs that marked 2016, according to Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/pictures-of-the-year

And here is the wildlife selection of the BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-38083691

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