Cool new dataset by the ECB on financial crises

https://www.ecb.europa.eu//pub/pdf/scpops/ecb.op194.en.pdf

“Why is it so hard to forecast interest rates?”

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2017/july/bridging-gap-forecasting-interest-rates-with-macroeconomic-trends/

There is no Q1 seasonal mismatch in the US after all (or: not that big)

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/another-look-at-residual-seasonality-in-gdp-20170728.htm

Some interesting charts on bond bear markets

http://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2017/07/27/a-few-charts-and-a-few-thoughts-3/

Tight labour markets, declining income

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/08/03/2192172/time-to-worry-about-the-american-consumer/

The IMF on the external sector

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Policy-Papers/Issues/2017/07/27/2017-external-sector-report

The winners take more and more…

https://qz.com/1040046/30-firms-earn-half-the-total-profit-made-by-all-us-public-companies/

The IMF on Japan

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2017/07/31/Japan-Selected-Issues-45150

“Confronting the Challenges of Capital Flows”

https://blogs.imf.org/2017/08/02/all-hands-on-deck-confronting-the-challenges-of-capital-flows/

The sad state of things…

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/08/daily-chart-0

A really interesting read, this one. Certainly not only about bitcoin

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-02/bitcoin-exchange-had-too-many-bitcoins

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