September 9, 2015
Plotting the Number of Banks: Is the Goal One "TBTF" Bank?
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Establishment Survey +173K Jobs, Private Jobs +140,000; Unemployment Rate 5.1% Initial Reaction The establishment survey came in a weaker than expected 173,000 job. The Bloomberg Consensus estimate was 223,000 jobs. However, the preceding two months were revised up by 44,000 and wages were strong.
Read the original: Dallas Fed Region Activity Plunges Well Below Any Forecast
This Bloomberg headline " If the Options Market Is Right, China’s Stock Rescue Is Doomed " reads like something one would find in a tabloid, but the reverse is now true. Options traders have never been so pessimistic on China’s stock market, betting the government’s renewed effort to prop up share prices is doomed to fail. The cost of bearish contracts on the China 50 exchange-traded fund surged to the highest level versus bullish ones since they started trading in Shanghai six months ago
Disputes over GDP go on and on and on. MarketWatch reports By another measure, the U.S.
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Please consider the Vox article China’s Latest Stock Market Crash, Explained .
Flashback January 9, 2015: ​ Major Oil Traders Book Tankers for Stockpiling Crude at Sea . A continuous fall in global oil prices has prompted major oil traders to start hiring supertankers as they can benefit from stockpiling crude oil at sea. The oil giant Shell and energy traders Trafigura and Vitol have booked crude tankers for up to 12 months, said Reuters, referring to the fixture lists provided by tanker brokers and oil traders.