"Of course helmets protect your head, but they may encourage you to place it in harms way. People are far from predictable, and every new safety measure may have multiple unpredictable consequences. "
"People don't want social and political issues coming into play when they are trying to be entertained ... We want someone who wants to take a knee to do their version of that on their personal time."
The Swiss Franc is surging this morning against the dollar and euro following comments by the SNB President on FX intervention. Notably Jordan's comments come as EURCHF nears its pre-peg-break "carnage" levels.
Following the ubiquitous "no change" statement, ECB President Mario Draghi faces an uphill battle in today's press conference to keep the QE-dream alive, reflect on EU's potemkin-village-like economic strength, and jawbone the Euro lower - "everything's awesome... but we're gonna need more money-printing."
"Europe can go f*ck itself! ...it's been punishing us for the last 15 years and we are worse off than 15 years ago... European measures are the last thing I am interested in."
In a decision that Yonhap called an "unprecedented breakthrough", North and South Korea have agreed to form their first joint Olympic team and will march together under a unified flag during the opening ceremony
From the "Yellen Call" to "globalization" and from "disruption" to "dumping", 2017 had it all and Goldman Sachs' annual 'themes'-driven crossword is just the ticket as the final few minutes of the trading year tick away...
