Weekly digest Aug 3-7: September vs December rate hike, all eyes on today's nonfarm payrolls

Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders.

News of the week: September vs December rate hike. What is the consensus?

• Guardian: Markets await US non-farm payrolls data - business live
• MarketWatch: Five key things to watch for in Friday’s jobs report
• CNBC: Payrolls eyed for signs of September rate hike
• MQL5 Blogs: Analysts: Nonfarm payrolls would have to fall below 100K to boost gold
• Bloomberg: The Odds of a September Rate Hike Have Surged in the Last Two Days
• Bloomberg: Fed Liftoff: Making the Case for a December Hike
• CNBC: What two Fed rate hikes could mean for markets
• Bloomberg: Fed Will Hike Rates in December: Redeker

What's new in the world: policies, economic indicators, events

• MarketWatch: Why U.S. needs to create just 33,000 jobs a month
• MQL5 Blogs: Peter Schiff on USD bubble and on damage rates hike will cause - Video
• CNNMoney: The Obama economy has problems. Does the GOP have answers?
• CNNMoney: GOP Debate: Best and worst money moments
• MQL5 Blogs: Why pound sterling creates a headache for BOE's Carney
• Guardian: Super Thursday: Bank of England votes 8-1 to hold interest rates
• BBC News: Do interest rates need to rise in 2016?
• MQL5 Blogs: Can commodities keep going down and tech stocks up or will there be reconciliation? - Analysis
• Deutsche Welle: German economy shows mixed bag of figures
• Deutsche Welle: French, Greek leaders: Athens should reach bailout deal by late August
• MarketWatch: BOJ sticks to bullish view, stands pat on policy
• CNNMoney: OPEC leader Saudi Arabia is having to borrow money
• Forbes: The Looming Bankruptcy Of Saudi Arabia
• New York Times: Effects of Petrobras Scandal Leave Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream
• Barron's: Brazil’s A Drag, But Don’t Ignore Emerging Market Growth
• MQL5 Blogs: China services PMI jumps to 11-month high - in sharp contrast to recent manufacturing data
• Bloomberg: Ukraine’s Other War. Battling Economic Frailty
• BBC News: Global economic growth to slow, NIESR predicts

Currency market news

• MQL5 Blogs: Sterling regains ground after BOE's Carney remarks; U.S. data
• Pound Sterling Live: Pound to Euro Falls as Bank of England Sails a Straight Line
• FXEmpire: EUR/USD Monthly Technical Analysis for August 2015
• FXEmpire: EUR/USD Monthly Fundamental Forecast August 2015
• MQL5 Blogs: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi - 'we target EUR/USD at 0.96 by Q1'16-end'
• MQL5 Blogs: EURJPY Technical Analysis 2015, 02.08 - 09.08: ranging for reversal
• MQL5 Blogs: Yuan as a reserve currency? Not so fast, IMF says
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Dollar has peaked, its decline will coincide with yuan's rise

Commodity market news

• MQL5 Blogs: Next Week Forecast - GOLD: our desire for gold to be below 1K will not come true soon
• Kitco News: Friday’s Jobs Will Be Huge For Gold: Market Strategist
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Short rally possible in gold in H2 - Video
• Kitco News: Natixis Cuts Gold Forecasts For 2015, 2016
• MQL5 Blogs: Commerzbank: Gold will recover as soon as rate hike uncertainties fade
• MQL5 Blogs: World's first diamond exchange to be launched in Singapore in September 2015
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Demand for crude will be poorer, as we approach autumn - a seasonal low point
• Forbes: Saudi Arabia Might Just Have Blinked In The Oil War
• Reuters: Oil price slide complicates life for central banks

Stock market news

• Bloomberg: Another Major Pillar of the Bull Market Is Collapsing
• MarketWatch: Media stocks take beating as subscribers cut cord
• CNBC: THIS may spark dreaded stock correction
• MarketWatch: 1 question every Apple investor needs to ask now
• MarketWatch: After slide, Apple’s stock  is even more of a bargain
• Barron's: Apple or an MLP Index: Which Is the Better Buy?
• BBC News: HTC shares tumble after weak results
• CNBC: It’s time to bet on McDonald’s—here’s how: Goldman
• CNBC: Apple exec: China market a strength, not a drag

Company news

• Bloomberg: Hedge Fund Losses From Commodity Slump Sparking Investor Exodus
• MQL5 Blogs: Biggest weekly loss ever: Greek banks record 64% plunge in three days
• MQL5 Blogs: Six reasons why Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded Apple
• MarketWatch: Fitbit follows Apple’s silent path to products
• Bloomberg: Apple Helps Push U.S. Watch Sales to Biggest Drop in Seven Years
• MQL5 Blogs: Alibaba: Tmall Global reached strategic deal with South Korea's largest duty free store group
• MQL5 Blogs: Alibaba Quantum Computing Laboratory to expand new research into quantum field of computers
• MarketWatch: Shell to sell its 75% stake in China's Tongyi
• Guardian: Have Uber's 'phantom cars' disappeared?
• Washington Post: Tesla unveils weird new car-charging robo-snake
• BloombergView: Chinese Consumers Prefer Chinese Brands
• Bloomberg: AIB Profit Rises on Freed Provisions as Irish Stake Sale Drifts

Self-development for traders

• MQL5 Blogs: Video Lesson - Price Action Basic Set-ups
• New York Times: Are You Financially Literate? 5 Questions on Savings and Investing
• Washington Post: 5 items that have huge discounts in August