- Obama 49, Romney 48 in poll (WaPo)
- Senate control up for grabs (NYT)
- Tough for Romney to keep the best of health care law while repealing the rest (NYT)
- Chinese CPI up 2% YOY in August (NBS)
- Chinese retail sales up 13% YOY (NBS)
- Real GDP up .3% M/O/M (South Korean Central Bank)
- Italian GDP down .8% M/O/M and 2.6% Y/O/Y
- US hiring plans holding steady (Marketwatch)
- Small caps and copper join break-outs (Marketwatch)
- Taking stock of US exports to Mexico (WaPo)