Bonddad Linkfest

1. Obama campaign deals with the "are you better off now" problem (WaPo)
2. Corporate bond sales set record in August (Business Week)
3. OECD inflation falls for fifth straight month (Marketwatch)
4. RBA keeps rates unchanged (RBA)
5. Gold prices hit 5 month high (Marketwatch)
6. Chinese manufacturing continues contraction (Markit)
7. EU manufacturing still contracting (Markit)
8. UK manufacturing eases contraction (Market)
9. Britain's Paul Ryan (Krugman)
10. Don't expect a recovery anytime soon (Free Exchange)