The global economic slowdown, so prevalent in recent macro and global economic analysis, will leave its mark on the commodity complex as well.

FORBES: Gold And Silver To Outpace Coal, Iron Ore, Steel In Second Half

But one thing is certain, cucumbers, when they turn violent on mammalian consumers, remind us how fickle nature can be when it comes to issues of life and death, let alone global economic analysis, at least in human terms.

FORBES: The Best and Worst of Times: Killer Vegetables, Plunging Markets, Infinite Nature

Mike Shedlock of Global Economic Trend Analysis was the first to pick up several problems with the details of the report and his analysis is worth a read.

FORBES: Commercial Bank Consumer Credit Declines Sharply In January

But when one plays the global financial markets a thorough economic analysis is only the first stage of the game.

NEWYORKER: Mastering the Machine

The Daily Reckoning provides over half a million subscribers with literary economic perspective, global market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

FORBES: Predictions Of The Gold-Silver Ratio

Encima provides analysis on global economic and political trends, along with investment research on equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies.

FORBES: Next Week's Guest: Economist David Malpass

Brad Setser, of Roubini Global Economics, an economic-analysis website, is paid to spend two to three hours or so each day blogging as a part of his job.

ECONOMIST: Why do economists spend valuable time blogging?