Good morning. Wondering why the German economy is strong? Maybe it is this?

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/the-next-production-revolution_9789264271036-en

The A.I. report of 2017. On -surprise- A.I.

https://aiindex.org/

The word ‘possibly’ sort of ruins this one…

https://www.ecb.europa.eu//pub/pdf/other/ecb.financialstabilityreview201711.en.pdf

Say what?? “Goldman Sachs says bitcoin is a commodity”

http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/goldman-sachs-says-bitcoin-is-a-commodity-2017-11-1009967470

Some cool how-many-bitcoins-have-been-lost factoids

http://ritholtz.com/2017/11/lost-bitcoins/

Much ado about nothing, if you ask me. Certainly not a recession.

https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21731850-difference-between-short-and-long-term-yields-its-lowest-decade

If you lower the ‘potential’ enough, the gap will be closed eventually

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/29/tax-cut-proponents-promise-3-4-percent-growth-this-economic-milestone-shows-thats-nearly-impossible/

Cross asset valuation are at the highest level in years

https://pro.creditwritedowns.com/2017/11/we-are-in-the-most-dangerous-period-in-the-business-cycle.html

A bit of reading for those that think economic statistics are to be trusted at face value

https://qz.com/1133984/the-global-offshore-system-means-we-cant-trust-foreign-direct-investment-figures-and-other-basic-data/

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