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This might be one for the central bank geeks, its from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand  on “”
Inflation targeting practises are similar across many central banks despite significant differences in their formal frameworks

A bit of a quiet start here in Asia (its only just gone 8.30am in Tokyo), so a look at a fifth straight month of China increasing its holdings of  U.S. Treasuries

The dollar climbed overnight on robust U.S. retail sales numbers as investors in Asia awaited earnings announcements.

Weibo (NASDAQ: WB) delivered another strong quarter with its August 9 earnings report, growing monthly active users (MAUs) 28% and daily active users (DAUs) 26% over the prior-year period. The combination of user additions and improved engagement helped propel the Chinese social media company to substantial year-over-year revenue and net income gains:

Data source: Weibo.

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The International Monetary Fund raised its estimate for China growth to 2020 to 6.4% from 6.0% previously (
Greg had more here)
But, in doing so it warned growing debt is on a “dangerous trajectory” (and ):

For a couple of years now we’ve highlighted various data points suggesting that Obamacare was, and continues to be, in an inescapable death spiral that will end in a spectacular collapse of healthcare exchanges around the country.  While there are a number of reasons that Obamacare was doomed from the start, it basically all boils down to the original failed logic that millions of young, healthy Americans would gladly pay out the nose for a product they didn’t want and knew they would never use all to fulfill a civic obligation to subsidize the healthcare costs of their older and/or less fo

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Buyout firm Angeles Equity Partners has strengthened its deal origination and execution capabilities by hiring three experienced professionals in its Los Angeles office. 

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