–Second quarter growth is revised down to a crawling 1.6% annual rate.
–Fed Chair Bernanke is set to speak at 10 am ET in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
—Krugman: “This isn’t a recovery, in any sense that matters.” He writes Team Obama is “sugar-coating economic reality” and “evading responsibility.”
–Doomsayer Nouriel Roubini does just that.
–ProPublica and Planet Money drop their latest gangbusters piece on the financial crisis.
–Fannie and Freddie dissected.
–Republican Senate candidate Dan Coats’s first ad is about terrorism, including a 9/11 mention right up front. It’s not something we’ve seen a lot of this cycle:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXlk77MYpJQ]
–The National Republican Senatorial Committee sends counsel to Alaska, a heap of cash to Illinois.
–Bill Kristol swoons over Chris Christie.
–And Australian elections look like fun:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_zYZBDmls]
What did I miss?