FA Notes
Market +0.51%
-Chicago PMI 53.0 vs. 53.0 est., 53.7 prior
-Consumer sentiment 74.3 vs. 73.5 est., 73.6 prior
-China Manufacturing PMI 49.2, 49.8 est., 50.1 prior
-California targets more web retailers for state tax collection Link
-WSJ Hilsenrath: "left little doubt that he is looking toward doing more to give the economy a lift at the Fed’s next policy meeting in Sept" “Maybe an unusually strong jobs report Sept. 7, a few days before Sept. 12 meeting of the Fed’s policy committee could change the Fed’s calculations. But taken together speech sounds a lot like Mr. Bernanke’s closing argument in favor for more easing”
-Fed Bernanke’s speech. Nothing incremental "as needed":http://1.usa.gov/OFdnBe
-Telegraph: Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann ‘considered resigning over ECB bond buying’ http://bit.ly/OBUj3k
-Germany Bundesbank’s Weidmann Never Threatened To Resign Post, Source Tells DJ-WSJ
-AppleInsider: Amazon won’t unveil larger Kindle Fire next week Link