Good morning. Finally, a statistic that seems to be correct! (via @johan3704)

http://www.metro.us/entertainment/truth-facts-statistics-for-teen-pregnancies/zsJohc—nUKoOhhFZMGU/

Silver shorts have been building up…

http://www.wsj.com/articles/silver-hit-on-two-sides-cant-bear-up-1438809601

A bit of reading on the US labour market

http://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2015/08/05/state-labor-market-slack-and-wages/

Interesting, yes, shocking, no.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/visualization-china-shrinking-economy-2015-8

Some calculations on the size of Chinese support measures

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/08/06/2136527/how-big-is-your-bailout-china-stock-market-edition/

Putting the LIBOR punishment into perspective

https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21660563-hard-libor

I am not sure if all the rate hike cycles are in this chart…

http://uk.businessinsider.com/dollar-past-5-initial-rate-hikes-2015-8

Some interesting 1926 readings on the stock market

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/08/stock-market-quotations-by-sophronia-tibbs/

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