Today’s Issue Cluster: Europe Security & Economics
China – Aug: Official PMI fell; 51.1 from 51.7 / WSJ / R / AFP
China – Aug: HSBC PMI fell; 50.2 from 51.7 / R / FT * *
Japan – Jul: Wages Make Biggest Jump in 17 Years; +2.6% / WSJ
EU – Aug: Markit PMI fell; 50.7 from 51.8 / B / WSJ / FT *
EZ – Jul: Producer Prices Resume Fall; -0.1% from -1.1% / WSJ / b *
Swiss – Q2: Economy Unexpectedly Stalls as Euro Area Takes Toll; flat from +0.5% / B / WSJ
US – Aug: ISM manufacturing accelerates; 59.0 from 57.1 / R * *
US – Jul: Construction spending up; +1.8 from -0.9% / AP / R *
IPOs – Heady US Market Rolls Into Autumn WSJ *
EU – Slips a step closer to deflation FT / WSJ *
EU – ‘Worse than the 1930s’ wapo *
EU – Germany Resists Calls for ECB Aid in Euro Growth Dilemma B / AP
EU – German business attacks ‘complacent’ Berlin FT / AP / WSJ
EU – Germany: In a spin FT * * * * *
EU – Italy loses enthusiasm for privatisations FT *
EU – Corporate income tax reduction trend over last 10 years / b *
Ukraine – Shifts to Defense Against Russian Incursion WSJ *
Ukraine – Ruble Hits New Low WSJ / B / WSJ *
Ukraine – Putin’s Ambitions Put Russia Out in the Cold WSJ *
Ukraine – Russia Arctic energy ambitions jeopardised by sanctions FT *
Ukraine – Palladium advances to new multiyear high FT *
Ukraine – US Works With EU to Align Russia Sanctions WSJ / FT / R / WSJ
Ukraine – Russia’s new art of war FT * *
Ukraine – Nato allies at odds over response to Russian aggression FT *
Ukraine – NATO Faces Thorny Spending Questions WSJ / FT / NYT * *
Ukraine – NATO flexes its muscle memory E *
ECB – Draghi is Looking to a Turbulent Time Ahead WSJ / R / R / WSJ / R
EU – Fears That Banks Lack Cash Cushion to Cover Bad Loans NYT
EU – Banks Boost Lending in Asia WSJ *
EU – Banks made it easier to get a loan for the first time since late 2007 q *
EU – Foreign banks have not come back to euro-area periphery / b *
EU – UK: Fears rise that conversions will lead to dearth of London office space FT
EU – France: Plans new measures to tackle housebuilding slump R * *
EU – Swiss: Property Market Starts to Cool WSJ *
Drones – Google Lifts Industry Hopes WSJ / FT / NYT / FT
Rail – Delays knock north US grain prices FT
Crops – Coffee: Spreading Drought Adds to Woes WSJ
Crops – Coffee: Makes Comeback in East Africa as Prices Rise WSJ * *
Forbes’ Billionaires World Map Forbes *
