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3 articles via Bloomberg on China for a read on a quietish Asian arvo
China has returned to reform mode.
– Having stabilized the economy with a mix of fiscal support and easy monetary settings, China’s leaders appear to be reviving a stalled reform push that’s key to long-term growth prospects

The second-in-command of South Korea’s Lotte conglomerate was found dead early Friday, police said, amid a widening corruption investigation into the company.
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The National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NDRC) says
– China has ‘big room’ to guide interest rates down
That’s a Bloomberg headline, no further details

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,

The US presidential election this November will tell whether a majority of the US population is irredeemably stupid. If voters elect Hillary, we will know that Americans are stupid beyond redemption.

We don’t know much about Trump, and anti-Trump propaganda rules in the place of facts.

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Nine months since impeachment proceedings began for Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, the last stage of the process is finally underway.

is here, and its not going top make the BOJ happy
The July and August CPI data
Reuters have a bit of a recap up:
– Japan’s core consumer prices fell for a fifth straight month
Reuters add:

A few weeks back we wrote about how Pokemon Go had claimed its first fatality in the United States.  Now, Japan mourns its first victim, as Yukiko Nakanishi was tragically lost to the addictive game.  Nakanishi was crossing the road when a truck struck and killed the 72 year-old hairdresser from Kitayama City.  Meanwhile, Keiji Goou, the truck driver, was arrested by police admitting that he “wasn’t looking ahead properly because [he] was playing Pokemon Go.”  Per th

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