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Regional Manufacturing Expectations From Mars Last month, economists were excited when the Richmond Fed Manufacturing index unexpectedly rose from 6 to 13. The excitement lasted one month.
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Far from a "conspiracy theory," the World Uyghur Congress’ official website lists Washington D.C. and Munich  as the official locations of their organization’s headquarters, while the US NED openly admits to funding them. NED lists the organization on its official website  with the following description: World Uyghur Congress Human Rights – $275,000 –  Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy and Training To enhance the ability of Uyghur prodemocracy groups and leaders to implement effective human rights and democracy campaigns. The World Uyghur Congress will organize three training seminars for pro-democracy Uyghur groups and leaders and conduct international advocacy campaigns on human rights for Uyghurs
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Chinese Stocks Extend Slide, Down Another 6%; S&P Futures +38 Points, Nasdaq Futures +71 Following a day in which only 6 out of 500 S&P 500 stocks rose, a snap back of some sort was in order.
Today’s action was not pretty, unless you were a bear. Here are a few charts to consider
Bloomberg reports Panic Grips Emerging-Market VIX in Biggest Jump on Record The rout in markets from China to South Africa triggered a record jump in a gauge of options prices on developing-nation stocks as investors purchased contracts to protect against future declines. The benchmark — called the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index — more than tripled as trading began at 9:30 a.m
Several NGOs currenlty openly funded by the US NED  - i.e.
Please consider the Vox article China’s Latest Stock Market Crash, Explained .