The Traderszone Network

North Korea warned on Monday the U.S. would pay a “due price” for spearheading a U.N. resolution to increase sanctions.

In the opening monologue of his talk show, Real Time Host Bill Maher suggested that disaster victims in Florida and Texas somehow don’t deserve the $15 billion in federal aid money being allocated for the cleanup efforts after Hurricane Harvey – and now Hurricane Irma – devastated their states and forced millions from their homes.

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A bit of a surge for the USD against the yuan
The mid rate was set lower again by the PBOC today (), but the yuan losing ground now
PBOC sets USD/CNY mid-point today at 6.4997 (vs. Friday at 6.5032)

The U.S. is contributing nearly $1 trillion net in trade to the rest of the world every year, says Michael Ivanovitch.

One long-forgotten housing option is residential hotels; a century ago, most renters lived in hotels and shared space with short-term tenants.  I just read a book, Living Downtown, about the rise and fall of residential hotels.  Rather than discuss them in detail I refer you to my amazon.com review.

But here are two general thoughts:

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Its pretty much across the board higher USD following the weekend
Its just gone 10.30am in Tokyo and an hour earlier in Hong Kong and Singapore
Updates:

Apart from the posts already up there is not a lot of news about

Tampa Bay could be devastated by Irma, with the potential for damage to infrastructure and toxic waste sites.