Good morning. Slow growth, also in the future

https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2018/april/raising-speed-limit-on-future-growth/

“The income distribution across advanced countries”

https://oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/a-new-perspective-on-inequality-the-income-distribution-across-advanced-countries/

Interesting charts on the most important trading partner by state

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-hit-by-china-trade-war-2018-4

Currency manipulators!

http://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/currency-manipulation-may-be-happening-in-4-countries-but-not-china-2018-4-1020493385

A (much bigger) infographic on the 2017 US deficit

http://ritholtz.com/2018/04/federal-budget-2017/

They should have plotted Italy in this chart as well…

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/04/04/2199417/whats-up-with-portugal/

Some 70 odd slides of JPMorgan on the economy and markets

https://www.businessinsider.nl/jpmorgans-ultimate-guide-to-the-markets-and-the-economy-2018-4/

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