Good morning. Whoop! Whoop!
https://www.frbatlanta.org/cqer/research/gdpnow.aspx
Martin Wolf of the FT is in favour of the Vollgeld referendum, as the cost of financial crisis is too high
https://www.ft.com/content/d27b000e-6810-11e8-8cf3-0c230fa67aec
By the IMF: “The U.S. Personal Saving Rate”
http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2018/06/05/The-U-S-45903
Remind me of this, if ever I want to move to the US: where disaster strikes
http://ritholtz.com/2018/06/disaster-areas-usa/
Trying to explain the current Apple valuation?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/apple-s-1-trillion-chase-unprecedented-try-totally-logical
And the winner of the LGBTI equality price is….
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/05/malta-leads-the-way-for-gay-and-transgender-rights-in-europe
The IMF has something to say about the inequality in China
http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2018/06/05/Inequality-in-China-Trends-Drivers-and-Policy-Remedies-45878
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