Quick Overview

• (Arlan Suderman)  Iowa State plant pathologist says "over 50%" of Iowa soybean fields affected by Sudden Death Syndrome this year.

• U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.2% in July -- the first time in four months.

• Britain's CPI increased by 3.1% in July

• Peru's GDP growth reached 11.92% in June, the highest in 21 months.

• YoY Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6% in Q2

• U.S. housing starts rose 1.7% for July as building permits drop 3.1%.

• Fed hasn't lost confidence in recovery - says the Minneapolis Fed president.

• U.S. household debt dropped in Q2, the seventh quarterly decline in a row. As of the end of June, total consumer indebtedness fell 6.5 % from its peak level in Q3 of 2008, and down 1.5 % QoQ.