This week actually turned out to be a pretty busy one.
It started off with China telling us it grew at a 7.4 percent rate in Q3, which reassured everyone that the world's second largest economy wasn't heading for a hard economic landing.
A series of housing data gave many confidence that the market's bottom was behind it.
Meanwhile, Q3 earnings season hit a crescendo on Thursday when Google's earnings announcement was accidentally released early.
The best minds in finance were out analyzing all of it this week.
CITI: Why Greek Debt Is Suddenly Red Hot
"We think the position of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, with respect to Grexit, has shifted recently as the German elections are getting closer (September 2013, most likely) and she fears the negative economic repercussions of an event like Grexit on her chances of reelection."
ROSENBERG: The Hockey Lockout Means A Wave Of Canadian Babies Is Coming
"We made a caustic remark a while back that it would be reasonable to assume that Canada will experience a surge in the birth rate come summer and fall of next year. I mean...it stands to reason."
Reinhart & Rogoff: This Has Been One Of The Best Post-Crisis Recoveries Ever
"According to our (2009) metrics, the aftermath of the US financial crisis has been quite typical of post-war systemic financial crises around the globe," they wrote. "If one really wants to focus just on United States systemic financial crises, then the recent recovery looks positively brisk."
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