Lots and Lots of Sunday Reading ...

First, if there’s not enough to read here, David Altig has more from all around blogland here and here.  Also, if you missed Lee Arnold's 12 minute animation on Social Security, it's worth watching so here it is again

Next, in the copycat division, an entry for Markets in Everything:

• Airs and graces: celebrity breath fetches bids of 15,000 dollars AFP

Just can’t get enough Greenspan in your life?

• Greenspan Trying to Win Back Confidence AP
• Greenspan adds voice to home loan worries Reuters
• The Home Loans Vexing Greenspan BusinessWeek Online
• Fed chief cites reasonably firm footing USAToday
• Greenspan Puzzled and Worried About Global Rates  Bloomberg

Greenspan's echo does not sound like Fisher:

• Philadelphia Fed Chief Says No Fixed Target for Rates WSJ

Hasta be CAFTA:

• CAFTA in Peril on Capitol Hill WP
• El Salvador's CAFTA Imperative BusinessWeek online
• Central America Is Holding Its Breath BusinessWeek online
• Hemisphere's security tied to CAFTA's passage Duluth News Tribune
• Central American trade pact in peril on Hill DetNews.com
• Commerce secretary touts CAFTA Charlotte Business Journal

Those silly bonds:

• Bonds Fall on Fed's Bullish Assessment AP

Wrong time of the year for Snow:

• Snow upbeat on deficit Reuters
• Snow urges G8 nations to help solve global economic imbalances AFP
• Snow Says U.S. Budget Deficit for 2005 Will Be `Well Below' $427 Billion Bloomberg

Bush looks for traction:

• Bush Focuses on Stalled Parts of Agenda AP

Here’s the odds he’ll find it:

• Betting on Social Security ... literally CNN Money

The bad news is last, trade and budget deficits, or is it good news?

• The U.S. trade deficit widened WSJ
• Trade Deficit Swells as Oil Imports Climb AP
• Trade data point to rebound in US economy FT
• U.S. Trade Deficit Widens to $57 Billion on Oil Prices, Imports From China Bloomberg
• Budget Deficit Was $35.29 Billion in May WSJ

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