Weekly digest Sept 7-11: Final countdown till FOMC meeting and possible rate hike

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: FOMC meeting on September 16-17 to be the most anticipated event of the week. Below is the media coverage of what decisions analysts expect from officials.

• Bloomberg: FOMC Meeting, BOJ, GOP Debate, U.S. Open: Week Ahead Sept. 12-19
• Reuters: Fed to dominate week of central bank meetings
• Kitco News: Focus Turning To Next Week's FOMC Meeting
• MQL5 Blogs: Fed should hike soon; No more relying on central banks juicing markets higher - Analyst
• MQL5 Blogs: World Bank's chief economist: Fed rate hike will trigger 'panic and turmoil' in EM
• Kitco News: REPEAT: Fed Will Raise Rates Just To Lower Them Again - Keith Fitz-Gerald
• CNBC: No Fed interest rate hike until 2017: Sri-Kumar
• Fortune: Fed may postpone September interest rate hike
• MQL5 Blogs: September rate hike isn't off the table - Analysts
• FXStreet: US: All eyes on data, before Fed next week – TDS

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

• MQL5 Blogs: Will China lead the world to another recession? Citigroup responds
• MQL5 Blogs: Worries over China economy exaggerated, stock market plunge not an indicator - ADB chief economist
• Deutsche Welle: China's economic transition 'painful and treacherous'
• New York Times: China’s Response to Stock Plunge Rattles Traders
• Bloomberg: Euro Area Toughens Up as China Deals Blow to Global Fortunes
• Bloomberg: Russia Holds Rates First Time This Year After Ruble Plunge
• New York Times: How to Save the Thai Economy
• MQL5 Blogs: Singapore General Election: dissatisfaction with internal policy, stagnant economy will challenge PM's positions
• MarketWatch: Brazil may get worse before it gets better
• Bloomberg: Greece, the World's Best Investment. No Joke.
• Deutsche Welle: Varoufakis speaks out. Conflict Zone with Tim Sebastian
• New York Times: Yanis Varoufakis: How Europe Crushed Greece

Currency market news:

• MQL5 Blogs: BTMU Forecasts for GBP/USD - ranging for the next half a year
• MQL5 Blogs: GBP/USD by Morgan Stanley: where to sell
• Pound Sterling Live: The British Pound Could Struggle Over Coming Weeks
• Pound Sterling Live: Pound to Dollar: GBPUSD is Bearish Longer-Term
• New York Times: Strong Pound Might Not Have Lasting Effect on Inflation-BoE's Forbes
• MQL5 Blogs: Morgan Stanley: 'We remain generally bullish USD'
• MQL5 Blogs: Which commodity currency is the weakest to date? Capital Economics knows
• MQL5 Blogs: Aussie's road to abyss - Chart
• Pound Sterling Live: New Zealand Dollar: TD Warn of December Rate Cut
• MQL5 Blogs: Cryptocurrency Event: Consensus 2015 to be held on 10 September 2015 in New York
• MQL5 Blogs: ECB QE fails to improve sentiment toward equities - Chart

Commodity market news

• MQL5 Blogs: Award-winning technical analyst: Gold will drop below $900 and further
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: The key factor for gold is oil movement - Video
• Kitco News: Why Is Silver Bubba's Preferred Trade As Gold Hits 4-Week Low?
• MarketWatch: Oil could sink to $20 a barrel, warns Goldman
• CNBC: Goldman: This may push oil to $20
• MarketWatch: Non-OPEC oil supply to sink: IEA
• Bloomberg: Why Vladimir Putin Won’t Help OPEC Cut Oil Production
• MQL5 Blogs: Indonesia is set to resume full membership of OPEC in December
• Bloomberg: Why Oil-Producing Countries Keep on Pumping

Stock market news

• Bloomberg: Charting the Markets: Global Stocks Set for Weekly Gain
• Reuters: Japan index: Bonus bounty lifts sluggish economy
• MarketWatch: Don’t blame this strategy for stock volatility
• MQL5 Blogs: Hedge fund investor: Apple stock cheap at current price
• MQL5 Blogs: Apple shares drop 2% as new products fail to impress
• Forbes: Three Stocks Still On Sale
• MQL5 Blogs: Citi Research: Market sentiment broke into 'panic' territory; Brace for jittery September
• MarketWatch: Don’t believe the hype over Wall Street crackdown
• MQL5 Blogs: The chart that warns you not to buy, signals it may be high time to sell - Analysis
• MarketWatch: Hedge-fund notable: Take some money out of stocks
  
• MarketWatch: Old timers of note say buy stocks now: Hulbert

Company news

• Reuters: Yahoo headaches stretch beyond Alibaba
• MarketWatch: Apple bets on tablets beating PCs in workplace
• Bloomberg: Does Apple’s Pencil Mean the Stylus Is Back? Nope. It Never Left
  
• CNBC: Check out how Samsung, Sony trolled the Apple launch
• CNBC: Why Amazon’s courting start-ups around the world
• Bloomberg: Japan's IPO of the Century
• Forbes: Visa, Citi And Nasdaq Invest $30M In Blockchain Startup Chain.com
• New York Times: How Europe Is Going After Google, Amazon and Other U.S. Tech Giants

Self-development for traders

• MQL5 Blogs: SOMETHING TO READ: The 1 Hour Trade: Make Money With One Simple Strategy
• MQL5 Blogs: Ominous "death cross" technical pattern can signal rallies - Bloomberg strategist
• MarketWatch: An investing lesson from the 9/11 tragedy
• MQL5 Blogs: Bloomberg billionaire gauge: Queen Elizabeth II is a relative pauper
• MQL5 Blogs: Pew Research: Eight key points about the U.S. labor market
• Forbes: Stanford Heads 2015 List of America's Best Business Schools
• Forbes: 3 Trends In Mobile Payments You Need to Know About