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The United States: The inflation indicator based on US news flow hit the highest level since 2006.
The prices charged by small businesses, as reported by the NFIB survey, point to higher inflation ahead.
Equity Markets: How do different market strategies (factors) perform in different GDP growth environments?
Emerging Markets: Here is the breakdown of Russia’s exports.
The Eurozone: The euro area’s capacity utilization is quite high, which bodes well for business investment.
China: Asset growth at China’s banks is slowing.
Here is asset growth vs. the capital adequacy ratio.
Commodities: Many analysts expect copper prices to keep climbing as the market shifts further into deficit.
Credit: Here is how fixed-income funds’ AUM has changed this year across the various asset classes.
Food for Thought: The drug war over the US opioid crisis is being waged in Mexico.
Edited by Joseph N Cohen
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