Good morning. The IMF on the Dutch economy – low wages and high houses prices
http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2018/05/28/Kingdom-of-the-Netherlands-Netherlands-2018-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-45900

Best of last week. It’s worth it.

https://lukasdaalder.com/2018/05/25/best-in-economics-this-week-may-25/

A bit of reading on the changed nature of the VIX market

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/05/29/1527553800000/Vix-mageddon-revisited–it-s-the-buyers-who-disappeared/

This one might come in handy at times…

https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/999605959386386432

The US economy is strong, According to the Fed

https://www.biancoresearch.com/?p=160273&source=Twitter

A pretty shocking gif on the rising tide of suicides in the US

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/24/mapping-the-rising-tide-of-suicide-deaths-across-the-united-states/

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