Economie

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22-08-2014 16:05

So much for that tough austerity program in the UK…

http://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2014/08/21/great-british-austerity-myth/

 

 

Finally some good news for the Dutch economy: we are going to revise the GDP numbers. Upwards, that is.

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21613321-how-revisions-will-soon-bulk-up-gdp-changing-scales

 

 

And also some positive news on Japan

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/08/21/overlooked-data-shows-japan-wages-rising/

 

 

“How to Survive a Secular Stagnation” Some advice from Mohamed A. El-Erian

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-08-19/how-to-survive-a-secular-stagnation

 

 

This is an interesting trend: the US seems to have lost the love for driving…

http://fortune.com/2014/08/15/america-driving-cars/

 

 

The troubled region

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/08/syraq/

 

 

“Is there a trade-off between low bond risk premiums and financial stability?” (spoiler answer: not really)

http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/chicago_fed_letter/2014/cflaugust2014_325.pdf

 

 

This is how big the Norwegian wealth fund has become… (via @jackneele)

http://qz.com/252753/norways-gargantuan-sovereign-wealth-fund-by-the-numbers/

 

 

Some perspective on the depth of the European reces… eh… depression

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/20/worse-than-the-1930s-europes-recession-is-really-a-depression/

 

 

This chart is originally from the Economist. Still a good way of presenting

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/08/10-thursday-pm-reads-114/

 

 

And in case you are worried about that Icelandic volcano: here are some cool charts to tell you what is up

http://www.businessinsider.com/iceland-volcano-infographic-2014-8

 

Lukas Daalder is in het verleden wel eens als ‘Nederlands best bewaarde geheim’ op het gebied van economie genoemd. Hij publiceert dagelijks een collectie met grafieken, nieuws en informatie over internationale economie en financiële markten. Het aardige is dat je zijn updates in minder dan een minuut gelezen kan hebben, maar dat er tegelijkertijd voldoende stof tot nadenken tussen staat. Lukas is het hoofd van de afdeling Global Allocations en is tevens portfolio manager bij Robeco. Alle meningen in zijn updates zijn op persoonlijke titel.

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