Good Morning. The winning streak continues

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/4th-longest-sp-500-streak-of-days-without-a-5-drawdown-continues/

Trending down

https://www.businessinsider.nl/uk-consumer-spending-decline-2017-9/

I admit I haven’t read this: maybe I should: “Machine learning at central banks”

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/Documents/workingpapers/2017/swp674.pdf

A different view on the development of China

http://voxeu.org/article/myth-surplus-peasants-and-china-s-growth

The importance of oil in various countries

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.nl/2017/09/middle-east-economic-challenges-as-role.html

But is it the role of the Fed to be a good forecaster though?

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/09/must-read-every-year-since-2007-the-fed-has-been-too-optimistic-and-forecast-that-its-interest-rates-will-be-higher-than.html

And the schedule for the week to come

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/09/schedule-for-week-of-sept-10-2017.html

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