The world economy right now

http://ritholtz.com/2017/03/74-trillion-global-economy-one-chart/

“Can Tight Labor Markets Inhibit Investment Growth?”

http://macroblog.typepad.com/macroblog/2017/02/can-tight-labor-markets-inhibit-investment-growth.html

Peak US?

http://ritholtz.com/2017/02/relative-sizes-world-stock-markets-end-1899-vs-end-2016/

“China’s Continuing Credit Boom”

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2017/02/chinas-continuing-credit-boom.html

The Economist currency manipulation score

https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21717997-government-has-been-pushing-price-yuan-up-not-down-china-and

Poor Africa

http://ritholtz.com/2017/03/growth-wealth-1975-2002/

The AI inflation paradox

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/02/23/2184973/ais-inflation-paradox/

The 92 million out of the US labour force (and the reasons why)

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/10/21/what-we-know-about-the-92-million-americans-who-arent-in-the-labor-force/

The IMF has been productive: a country report on India

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2017/02/22/India-Selected-Issues-44671

The US exports a lot of Aircrafts…

http://ritholtz.com/2017/02/highest-value-export-good-state/

“5 Reasons Germany Isn’t Suffering in the 21st Century”

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-24/5-reasons-germany-isn-t-suffering-in-the-21st-century

Real interest rates and real returns

https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21717841-low-rates-usually-mean-low-returns-so-why-are-markets-so-buoyant-interest-rates

I can tell you one thing already: there will be a rebound coming up

http://ritholtz.com/2017/02/economic-growth-keep-slowing/

Losing out…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/02/daily-chart-16

A study into the impact of slave trade in Africa

http://voxeu.org/article/understanding-long-run-effects-africa-s-slave-trades

Secular stagnation: “was it all a case of cry wolf?”

https://www.ft.com/content/33a5aa60-2fef-3724-92ad-34fe284e4cee

Is there a diminished effectiveness of monetary policy…?

http://www.bis.org/publ/work612.pdf

 

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