This week from the @valeofinancial Twitter feed

United States Economy

• Manufacturing Firms Forecasting Weak Activity Valeo Financial Advisors
• E-commerce retail sales climbed to a record high of $47.5 billion (seasonally adjusted) in 2^nd quarter St. Louis Fed
• Out with the Young (Change in labor force participation rates since recession start) SF Fed Reserve
• Interesting new analysis of the effects of high oil prices on the economy
• Industrial production in U.S. Rose 0.9% in July Bloomberg
• Consumer Prices Up By The Most Since Spring NPR News
• Producer Prices Rebound; ‘Core’ Inflation Jumps NPR News

Agriculture

• Why food prices are rising: For 1st Time More Corn Being Used for Ethanol Than Animal Feed in U.S Felix Salmon
• Indiana Farmland Market Continues to Sizzle – The August 2011 Purdue Agricultural Economics Report

United States Credit Rating

• Fitch, in Affirming U.S. as Triple-A, Leaves S&P a Solo Act Wall Street Journal

International

• Will the Euro region issue Eurobonds?
• Italy’s latest austerity budget. How many more will there be? The Economist
• Japan Economy Contracted Less Than Estimated Bloomberg

Markets

• Are big one-day falls in the Dow reflected in US GDP growth? The Economist
• Largest non-financial companies in the world. The Economist