The nine most important economics charts of the week

More Americans are quitting their jobs…

…and US employers are having a harder time filling their new positions.

Americans are richer (on paper) than they’ve ever been.

Still, US retail sales fell for the third month in a row.

House prices in longsuffering Spain are finally showing some signs of life.

Ireland’s GDP has been slowing down despite a great year (while its GNP does the opposite).

Chinese disinflation paused, but industrial deflation continued uninterrupted.

The Mexican peso hit a record low against the US dollar.

US commercial crude oil stockpiles hit another record high.