Good morning. Still as cool chart on the development of the dollar

https://www.cfr.org/blog/adjustment-hard-especially-if-it-involves-dollar

A rather a long read (though useful) on expected returns for US equities

http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2018/01/future-u-s-equity-returns-a-best-case-upper-limit/

If Kansas is a test case of the effectiveness of cutting taxes, the outlook is not bright

https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/kansas-provides-compelling-evidence-of-failure-of-supply-side-tax-cuts

Nice interactive tool that shows income distributions across Europe

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/einkommen-so-stehen-sie-im-europaeischen-vergleich-a-1188143.html

Strong improvements in deficit and debt in the Eurozone (with the exception of….)

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/8609567/2-24012018-AP-EN.pdf/7eaaeb1a-8f25-4b25-bac4-2942106473a4
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/8609582/2-24012018-BP-EN.pdf/62261faf-33f8-4be1-8e41-3aac2e594381

Another overview

http://ritholtz.com/2018/01/50-innovative-economies/

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