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Creating listed expirations of less than a week would help investors more closely calibrate thoughts with market events.

Deutsche Bank Markets Research published a piece on Thursday with a look at the USD.
It’s a look at longer-term trends.
In a brief summary of the major points:

China official PMIs for July;
50.0 for the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) 
– expected 50.1, prior was 50.2
And 53.9 for the Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla shocked investors in June when he said the island’s debt, totaling $72 billion, was unpayable and required restructuring. According to a 2014 bond offering statement, Puerto Rico has never defaulted on the payment of principal or interest of debt. “Tomorrow is Aug. 1 and we don’t have the money,” Victor Suarez, chief of staff for Puerto Rico’s governor, told journalists in San Juan, referring to a $58 million payment due on Public Finance Corporation (PFC) bonds.

Submitted by Tom Chatham via Project Chesapeake,

It is a common reaction to ask, how much is that, when we see something we want or need. The question is answered with some monetary figure that people will recognize and use to determine if they can afford it. But what happens when the monetary system we know becomes so dysfunctional that common monetary values mean little.

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