Good morning. Upswing still in place

https://www.ft.com/content/b5acd68c-b9f8-3c8c-9abf-1baf75592ea9

Saudi change

https://www.businessinsider.nl/saudi-arabia-purge-corruption-probe-power-consolidation-2017-11/

Russia during the communist period (and beyond)

http://voxeu.org/article/soviet-economy-1917-1991-its-life-and-afterlife

Powell = higher bond yields? (via @johan3704)

https://twitter.com/StockTwits/status/926524137388019712

…but before you jump to conclusions: this one (from 2013) didn’t work out either…

https://lukasdaalder.com/2013/12/22/best-of-the-web-in-2013/

Real rates all the way back to 1311. Wonder what CPI looked like, back in those days…

https://bankunderground.co.uk/2017/11/06/guest-post-global-real-interest-rates-since-1311-renaissance-roots-and-rapid-reversals/

Old. Interesting, if true.

https://twitter.com/miotei/status/926973844694421507

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