Caterpillar sales drop for the fourth year in a row because of China: Those good years won’t come back [1]. sent in by RBS
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Sent in by B.B. – Fed To Hold An “Expedited, Closed” Meeting On Monday [2]
“As we are sure to be told: ‘It’s probably nothing!’ “ – Uhh, sure…
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Items from Professor Preponomics:
Auto Loans and Mortgages Push Household Debt to Highest Levels Since 2010 [3] (Bloomberg)
Baltic Dry Index Drops to Record Low [4] (Bloomberg)
Iron Ore Price Craters [5] (Mining)
Lifetime Cost of Refugee Settlement: $55B [6] (Breitbart)
Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees Costs Taxpayers $64,370 [7] (Washington Free Beacon)
The Beginning of the End of the Affordable Care Act? Largest U.S. Health Insurer May Exit Obamacare [8] (Zero Hedge)
AMAC Says Obamacare Co-op Failures Signal More Trouble for President’s Signature Law [9] (AMAC)
Lenders Taking Borrowers to Court Over Delinquent Student Loans [10] (San Francisco Gate)
Help! My Short Position Just Got Crushed [11] (Market Watch) Spoiler Alert: this is a cautionary tale.
Tyson Foods to Close Two Plants: 880 Workers Affected [12] (Reuters)