Good morning, Dow 20.000! How many times will it be crossed?

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/dow-20000-finally/

“NAFTA and other trade deals have not gutted American manufacturing”

http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/1/24/14363148/trade-deals-nafta-wto-china-job-loss-trump

Peak word search: selfie no more

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30645

The link between ageing and inflation is positive according to this ECB study

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp2006.en.pdf

The US economy has turned into a flawed democracy…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/01/daily-chart-20?fsrc=rss

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