Good morning. Cool chart on bitcoin: it is all China now

http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-trading-china-yuan-remnibi-2017-1

This is a bit of a surprise, right? (and more)

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/01/18/2182581/what-do-americans-actually-think-about-the-issues-that-trump-is-loudest-about/

The top 50 most innovative countries according to Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-17/sweden-gains-south-korea-reigns-as-world-s-most-innovative-economies

Interesting trend: nominal yields decline, inflation expectations don’t

https://www.bespokepremium.com/fixed-income-weekly/fixed-income-weekly-11817/

A bit of easy reading (via ftalphaville)

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/17/14306464/japanese-toilet-control-icons-meaning-standard

A bit of reading on the US economy by the Federal Reserve of San Francisco
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2017/01/frbsf-the-current-economy-and-the-outlook.html

Too much credit growth will hurt growth, according to this blog

http://voxeu.org/article/finance-and-growth-direction-causality

And talking about excessive credit growth: a bit of insight on China

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-problem-with-chinas-corporate-debt-load-2017-1

Capital outflow from China

http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2017/01/17/chinas-fell-by-around-45-billion-in-december-using-the-pboc-data/

And here is some more on that

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/01/19/2182669/chinese-capital-flight-is-back/

Shown more often, but worth it

http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2017/01/one-of-my-investing-pet-peeves/

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