Good morning. Oil keeps on moving higher…
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/05/iea-high-oil-prices-taking-a-toll-on-demand.html

And here is the other side of the coin: supply

http://www.businessinsider.com/oil-goldman-says-6-word-mantra-keeping-investors-out-of-best-asset-ytd-2018-5

The Economist on the demise of Turkey

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/19/how-turkey-fell-from-investment-darling-to-junk-rated-emerging-market

By definition, this table has a high fooled-by-randomness element to it

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/05/17/trump-lags-behind-his-predecessors-on-economic-growth/

Here we go again…

https://www.businessinsider.nl/who-will-win-the-world-cup-2018-2018-5/

A bit of reading on Argentina

https://www.cfr.org/blog/how-many-reserves-does-country-argentina-need

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