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- Rubén Blades

"You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it"
- Art Buchwald

"It's getting exciting now, two and one-half. Think of everything we've accomplished, man. Out these windows, we will view the collapse of financial history. One step closer to economic equilibrium"
- Tyler Durden

"It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath, we shall hunt them down."
- Boondock Saints

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Chart Dump

I'm going through some charts in preparation for a guest appearance Sunday night at 7:00 PM New York time with the Macro Contrarian over at DYDD.org/TV.  In doing so I came across some charts I want to share with you.  I figure you are all professionals and these need no explaining.  These are in no particular order  Cheers!

US Unemployment by education with Labor Force Participation Rate overlay:

Global Unemployment:

Federal Reserve Deposits and Securities Held Outright:

Quarterly Index of Hours Worked with 2005 = 100 on the Index:

US Ten Year Real Rate & AAA Corp Yield minus 3-Month CMT Primary & AAA Corp Yield minus 3-Month CMT Secondary Yield (I made a mistake in the red note box by not informing you that the yield is the spread against the 3-Month CMT, not the raw AAA Corp Yield):

EUR/USD and WTI Spot:

Annual SNAP Average Participants and Average Benefits Per Person:

SNAP Benefits and Costs:

FRBNY FX Liquidity Swaps to ECB Only:

ECB Daily Liquidity Provisions (Current Account):

ECB Benchmark Allotments (Announced and Actual):