Economics
This Week’s Data
The second quarter current account deficit came in at -$118 billion versus expectations of -$122 billion.
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/09/us-trade-with-rest-of-world-is-always.html
August industrial production was up 0.2% versus estimates that they would be unchanged; capacity utilization was 77.4 in line with forecasts.
http://scottgrannis.blogspot.com/2011/09/industrial-production-picks-up.html
The September Philadelphia Fed general business conditions index was reported at -17.5 versus expectations of -15.0 and August’s reading of -30.7.
http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/Philly-Fed-Business-Outlook.php
Other
A key metric for corporate profits, inflation and economic growth (short):
http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/Profit-Margins-and-Inflation-Risk.php
Politics
Domestic
More poor investments (and accompanying shenanigans) from the White House (medium):
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/09/15/lightsquared-the-next-obama-pay-for-play-morass/
A history lesson from Thomas Sowell (medium):
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/15/back_to_the_future_part_iii
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