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I recently had a very interesting conversation with Christian Kopf from Union Investment who subscribe to our services. We discussed monetary policy and the ECB’s intention to include imputed rents into inflation measures. When it comes to this question, Mr Kopf and myself are in full agreement.

In this week´s release spotlight we dive into some key data releases related to central banks in Europe and Latin America.

Since the industrial revolution, energy consumption and production has played a central role to economic development. The importance of oil and gas continued to increase with a more globalized world economy.

The iShares U.S Home Construction ETF (ITB) has soared by rallying over 30% since the beginning of this year. The purpose of this piece is to dive into relevant macro factors that may have played a key role in this rally.

In this week´s release spotlight we dive into some key data releases related to production and investments.

Following a recent piece on inequality, I will discuss a somewhat technical and very contentious topic in this blog post, that is also related to inequality: The decline or non-decline of the labor share of income.

In this week´s release spotlight we take a look at the labor force and employment rates.

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Every month we deliver some startling statistics to the readers of the Property Chronicle. This time we present our trade index for the US and UK.

Powell’s presentation of the Fed’s new operating framework, a result of the Fed’s review of its monetary policy strategy.

In this week´s release spotlight we take a look at domestic and industrial trade, with a special focus on the automotive industry. You can follow the updates on any of these charts via Macrobond Live (It’s free!). Just click “TRACK UPDATES” below the chart, sign up and then save it in the Watchlist tab.