Nice chart on the dollar

https://www.cfr.org/blog-post/trump-dollar-revisited

Exiting QE is like running a big deficit, according to Koo

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/07/06/2191024/richard-koo-says-the-trick-to-exiting-qe-is-to-avoid-telling-anybody-about-it/

The Economist on the financing of ageing

https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21724751-lives-get-longer-financial-models-will-have-change-financing-longevity

The opioid crisis and its costs

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/07/06/2191066/the-economic-cost-of-the-opioid-crisis/

it took me some time to understand this one…

https://www.bespokepremium.com/fixed-income-weekly/fixed-income-weekly-7517/

Still in the red….

http://ritholtz.com/2017/07/global-interest-rates-still-lots-zirp/

“QE is approaching its Germany limit”

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/07/05/2191000/qe-is-approaching-its-germany-limit/

An interesting bit of reading on central banks balance sheets

https://bankunderground.co.uk/2017/07/03/central-bank-balance-sheets-past-present-and-future/

Ahead of the pack on this one.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/06/daily-chart-22

A new database on inequality

http://voxeu.org/article/new-data-global-earnings-inequality

Some hilarious laws in the US (not sure whether they are actually true though)

http://www.boredpanda.com/i-fought-the-law-olivia-locher-usa/

The US is leading the way

http://ritholtz.com/2017/07/understanding-home-bias/

For the inflation nerds out there

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/was-there-a-great-moderation-for-inflation-volatility-20170629.htm

 

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