U.S. Economy

• Growth in the U.S. service sector is helping to narrow the trade deficit and is causing economists to raise estimates of total U.S. economic growth Reuters
• U.S. manufacturing grew by the most in over three years Bloomberg

U.S. Labor Market 

• Private sector growth is helping out the longest jobs recovery in the history of the U.S. The Wall Street Journal
• “5 Takeaways from the August Employment Record” as the unemployment rate falls to 6.1% The Wall Street Journal

Around the World

• The European Central Bank announced stimulus measures to spur economic growth CNN
• Wages in Japan grew at the fastest rate in over 17 years BBC