Good morning. No recession in sight in the US

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-us-interest-rate-jump-in-september-is-back-on-2015-8

ETF’s had a rough time, last week…

http://www.wsj.com/articles/stock-market-tumult-exposes-flaws-in-modern-markets-1440547138

Some more on that issue

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-etf-investors-messed-up-during-this-week-s-market-scramble-154320620.html

For those returning from holiday: the best bits you have missed last week…

https://lukasdaalder.com/2015/08/28/best-in-economics-this-week-august-28/

Some interesting numbers about New Orleans, ten years after Katrina

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/08/hurricane-katrina-10th-anniversary/

The ECB on the impact of aging on medium term growth

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbop165.en.pdf

In the past, technology has created more jobs than destroyed. Not much of a surprise, I would say

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/17/technology-created-more-jobs-than-destroyed-140-years-data-census

Some perspective on that ‘black monday’ (which wasn’t so black)

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/08/chinas-stockmarket-0

And this is how it all went down…

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21662581-stockmarket-turmoil-china-need-not-spell-economic-doom-it-does-raise-questions-far

And the schedule for the week to come.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2015/08/schedule-for-week-of-august-30-2015.html

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