by Calculated Risk on 8/17/2009 11:03:00 AM

Just a note: The NAHB Housing Market Index will be released today at 1 PM ET, and the Fed Senior Loan Officer survey for July will probably be released today or tomorrow.

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The Shanghai SSE composite index is cliff diving again following the recent large increase. The index was off 5.8% on Friday today.

I've also added the S&P 500 for comparison (dashed blue line).