Asia
- How China’s risky structured mutual funds may trigger the next stocks sell-off – SCMP
- China to Announce Cap-and-Trade Program to Limit Emissions – NYT
- China container traffic decelerates in August as Tianjin blast weighs – SCMP
- China to cut growth target: economists Taipei Times
- Taiwan aids struggling economy with interest rate cut – SCMP
- China to announce 2017 launch of carbon market, US says – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan cuts outlook, highlights risks from China, Fed – Nikkei Asian Review
- 30 charts and maps that explain China today – Washington Post
- CHINA STATE PLANNER: AUG RAIL FREIGHT VOLUME -15.3 PCT Y/Y TO 280 MLN TONNES – @moved_average. Not pretty!
- China in the Debt-Deflation Trap – Project Syndicate
- Don’t Fall for It, Xi! Chinese Take to Web to Scorn U.S.—and China, Too – Bloomie
- Saudi king orders Hajj safety review – BBC
- Japan no longer even trying to make sense: Japan PM Abe Aims for 20% Nominal GDP Growth to ¥600 Trillion – WSJ
Europe
- France signals EU treaty change to avert Brexit, warns on euro survival – Telegraph, AEP
- VW crisis: Volvo, Renault and Hyundai could all fail future EU tests – Telegraph
- Catalonia goes to the polls in an ‘incredible moment for democracy’ – Guardian
- Bank of England warns buy-to-let is the next big threat to UK financial stability – Telegraph. Paging Captain Glenn!
- Safe Harbour analysis: what today’s ruling might mean – Irish Times
- Be honest over bad debt, IMF tells Europe – The Times
- Greek debt remains unsustainable: Here is why – VoxEU
- Jeremy Corbyn: how long can he last? – FT
Americas
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- Is the US government heading for another shut down? – ABC
- Canadian dollar hits 11-year-low in its worst losing streak since 2013 – Financial Post
- The white population is growing in many U.S. cities for the first time in years – Washington Post
- This is the best time to borrow money. In all of history. – Washington Post
- Fracking firms that drove oil boom struggle to survive – WSJ
- Brazil Braces for More Pain – WSJ
- Oh Canada! Four in 10 Americans Want Wall on Northern Border – Bloomie .. FFS!
Terra Denial
- Australia’s ousted prime minister left bruised by domestic stumbles – Nikkei Asian Review
- Coal isn’t amazing – how to lose the PR war, and why it may not matter – Reuters, Clyde Russell
- Was Tony Abbott three days short of a PM’s pension? The myth that won’t die – The Age
- Norway joins the rate cut club, will Australia – Business Day
- Don’t buy an apartment ‘off the plan’ – AFR
- Scott Morrison must face reality on revenue and tax – AFR
Global Macro/Markets
- Tracking the Implosion of Brazil; Be Careful of What You Wish; Perfect Storm; Email from Brazil; More Intervention Madness – Mish
- Mining zombies need supply cuts to avoid the underworld – Telegraph
- Deflation supercyle is over as world runs out of workers – Telegraph, AEP…maybe a little way to run yet…
- OPEC is winning battle to stimulate gasoline demand – Reuters, John Kemp
- Here’s how much private debt countries have racked up since the financial crisis – Financial Post
- Caterpillar sends warning on global demand – FT
- Yellen Confirms Fed Still on Track to Raise Rates This Year – Bloomie
…and furthermore…
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- Who was Mona Lisa? Burial breakthrough may solve identity mystery behind Da Vinci masterpiece – Telegraph
- Group-think and delusion: why VW lost its bearings – Telegraph
- Volkswagen’s Scandal is Libor on Wheels – Bloomberg
- The weaponization of everything: Globalization’s dark side – Reuters…good read…
- Migration unpicks globalisation myth – Reuters, Edward Hadas
- Anatomy of a cheat: Here’s what Volkswagen did and how they got caught – Financial Post
- We must act on global health because millions of lives are at stake – Washington Post
- Dirty Secrets – The Economist
- The Connection Between Cleaner Air and Longer Lives – NYT
- The ISIS intel scandal is ‘directly at the heart of Central Command’ – Business Insider
- Kids Who Use Computers Heavily in School Have Lower Test Scores, Major Worldwide Study Finds – Hechinger Report.
- Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention – Reuters