Payrolls

The US unemployment rate stayed the same in a pretty solid jobs report.

Greek unemployment is at 25%, but that’s nearly a three-year low.

Prices

Mexican inflation hit a record low.

Brazilian inflation is the highest it’s been since 2003.

Russia inflation picked back up last month.

Ports

Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves are coping with a laundry list of import bans.

Taiwanese exports are slumping hard.

America’s trade deficit grew a little (no thanks to exports).

Money continues to pour into South Korea.

Germany is still running huge trade surpluses, even if industrial production is slowing down.