Good morning. A Fed official on inflation rates

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/news-and-events/messages/my-take-on-inflation

And even more good news on the US economy

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/10/us-light-vehicle-sales-at-184-million.html

GDP was ‘invented’ somewhere in the thirties, people…

http://ritholtz.com/2017/10/short-history-ofinflation-since-founding-u-s/

The Economist on Europe

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/10/daily-chart

Interesting chart on US predictions

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/53090-economicforecastaccuracy.pdf

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/us-gun-violence-statistics-maps-charts

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