Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Energy drags Wall St. lower; S&P down slightly in August

[Bloomberg] Dilma Rousseff Ousted in Historic Brazil Impeachment Trial

[Bloomberg] America’s Corporate Bond Party Goes on as Sales Near $1 Trillion

[Bloomberg] Rajoy Loses Confidence Vote as Spain’s Political Impasse Endures

[Bloomberg] Mexico Central Bank Cuts Growth Forecast as Manufacturing Slows

[Bloomberg] Bank of Japan Has an 8.7 Trillion Yen Balance-Sheet Problem

[Bloomberg] China Engages in 'Backdoor QE' as Monetary Policy Shifts, Says Jefferies

[FT] Global bank stocks extend summer rally