Good morning. Some stunning pictures from last year

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/03/winners-of-the-2017-sony-world-photography-awards/521052/

Well, this is not much of an eye opener, if you ask me…

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.nl/2017/03/global-investment-spending-piece-of.html

I have shown this chart before, but still: spot the wrong one out.

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/03/must-read-noah-smith-_the-blogs-vs-case-deaton_-selection-effects-are-very-real-the-blogs-vs-case-deaton.html

Brexit. As easy as that.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-next-article-50-theresa-may-donald-tusk-brexit-negotiation-triggered-2017-3/

And what comes next, via The Economist

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/03/daily-chart-21

A new dataset from the IMF on trade in services

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2017/03/29/World-Trade-in-Services-Evidence-from-A-New-Dataset-44776

House prices in the US. Interactive.

http://ritholtz.com/2017/03/price-per-square-foot-us/

I am waiting for the jip and janneke version of this “How does risk flow in the credit default swap market?”
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp2041.en.pdf

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