Verenigd Koninkrijk staat ‘bestuurderloze auto’s’ toe

Good morning. The big news for the tech nerds (and indeed the world): the UK will allow driverless cars.

http://mashable.com/2014/07/30/self-driving-cars-uk/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfbnJvNGhiMjN1eDV4YzlvdSJ9

And still, German bond yields refuse to go higher…

http://www.businessinsider.com/spread-between-us-treasury-and-german-bund-2014-7

…while the net issuance of Treasuries will rise in the second half of the year

http://soberlook.com/2014/07/treasury-yields.html

The GDP report of the US. Strong growth, thanks for a good part to inventories though…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/30/gdp-growth-is-the-same-its-always-been-thats-the-good-and-bad-news/

Finally some good news for the euro area (excluding the Netherlands, apparently): credit standards have eased

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/pdf/blssurvey_201407.pdf

As always, check out the weekly tweets from @went1955 (in Dutch)

http://www.oneworld.nl/bloggen/blogs/de-week-tweets/de-week-van-went-tweets-19

Somehow, I get the feeling I spend more time on all three items than the average American…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/07/daily-chart-19

Ebola, the short version

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-30/ebola-epidemic-update-us-citizen-dies-nigeria-virus-poses-threat-britain-liberia-dec

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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