The fact that major oil producers like Russia and Saudi Arabia are once again entertaining a freeze in production highlights the deep pain caused by low prices.
Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve's policy of low rates has created a "false economy" and the central bank is only keeping rates low because they "don't want everything else to go down."
Two months have passed since the Brexit vote and the U.K. has still not revealed any details about how it plans to unwind its ties with the European Union.
The G20 summit in China may not have produced many policy breakthroughs, but world leaders did agree on one key issue: the danger of rising income inequality.
The Fed's next meeting is September 20-21. The Fed should raise rates then, but the overwhelming consensus is that they will sit on their hands and do nothing.
A range of reasons makes August the worst month for job gains on the first estimate. And this jobs report is particularly important for the Federal Reserve.