Boeing

The US Federal Reserve orchestrated an artificial boom from 2001 to 2007 through artificially low interest rates and has resumed doing so once again. Entrepreneurs operating under faulty market signals created by the Federal Reserve malinvested hundreds of billions of dollars into capital intensive projects primarily in the housing sector. We paid for our boom with millions of destroyed jobs, wasted labor, and wasted resources. The Chinese Central Bank learned nothing from the Fed’s catastrophic experiment. They will reap the same rewards.

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• Russian Airstrikes Defend Strategic Assad Regime Stronghold on Syria’s Coast (WSJ)
• Emerging Stocks Head for Weekly Advance Before U.S. Jobs Data (BBG)
• Wage Strife Clouds Car-Sales Boom (WSJ)
• Oregon town reels from classroom carnage (Reuters)
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The United States government deliberately hid “the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history,” according to experts and an in-depth investigation by NBC4 Southern California. Whistleblowers have also come forward to expose the little-known catastrophe, which occurred north of Los Angeles in 1959 and leaked over 300 times the allowable amount of radiation into surrounding neighborhoods. That contamination is now linked to up to a 60% increase in cancer in the area, but the government still refuses to acknowledge its colossal mistake.

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• Jobs Report Could Seal the Deal on Rates (WSJ)
• The Jobs Report and the August Curse: Jobs Day Guide (BBG)
• Migrants hold out on Hungarian 'freedom train'; Orban says millions coming (Reuters)
• Migrant Crisis Divides Europe (WSJ)
• German industry orders fall in July on weak foreign demand (Reuters)
• Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Joe Tsai to Borrow $2 Billion Against Shares (WSJ)
• U.K. Retailers Post Worst Sales Decline Since Financial Crisis (BBG)

US Manufacturers saw new orders rise at a modest 0.4% in July (missing expectations of a 0.9%). However, year-over-year Factory Orders crashed 14.7% (thanks in large part to last year's Boeing order dropping out of the cycle). But even ex-Transports, New orders tumbled 0.6% in July and plunged 6.9% YoY. This is the 9th month in a row of YoY drops and is without doubt signalling an imminent US recession...

"There’s no flying beams of light, no 'pew! pew!' sound effects. But it is nonetheless a working laser cannon, and it will take your drone down."

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Durable Goods Orders rose a better than expected 2.0% in July (but that is notably slower than the 4.1% revised growth in June). Non-defense Capital Goods growth remains stagnant as core capex orders have now been in deceline 6 straiught months year-over-year. Furthermore, on a non-seasonally-adjusted basis, YoY Durable Goods New Orders collapsed 20.4% - the worse level since the financial crisis as last year's Boeing orders outlier washes out of the numbers... but even ex-Transports the numbers remain recessionary-ugly.

• Global Stocks Struggle to Shrug Off China Fears (WSJ)
• Brief Respite Ends for European Stocks Amid Renewed Retreat (BBG)
• Stock futures rise after China injects $21.8 billion (Reuters)
• China turmoil needn't rattle BOJ, yen rise not a worry: Abe adviser (Reuters)
• Stock-Market Tumult Exposes Flaws in Modern Markets (WSJ)
• Dollar gains as stocks recover, lessens safe-haven bid for yen (Reuters)

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• No End in Sight for Oil Glut (WSJ)
• Dozens of Clinton emails were classified from the start, U.S. rules suggest (Reuters)
• China August Manufacturing Activity Hits Lowest Level Since 2009 (WSJ)
• German Manufacturing Strengthens as Economy Shifts Up a Gear (BBG)
• Israel responds to rocket attack with protest and air strikes (FT)
• ASX carnage: 2015 fast becoming a year to forget  (Canberra Times)
• Hong Kong Stocks Enter Bear Market After Falling From April Peak (BBG)