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.
