Wednesday Evening Links

[BloombergQ] Tech Decline Overrides U.S.-China Trade Optimism: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] U.S. officials have reached out to China for new trade talks: sources

[MarketWatch] Fed’s Beige Book finds pockets of weaker growth

[Reuters] China Aug new loans fall as cooling economy makes both banks, borrowers wary

[BloombergQ] Dalio Says U.S. Two Years From Downturn 

[WSJ] U.S. Proposing New Round of Trade Talks With China

[WSJ] Why Florence Is Dangerous for Insurers

[WSJ] Median Household Income Rose 1.8% in 2017, Census Bureau Figures Show

[FT] Fed’s Brainard says short-term rates may rise above longer-term estimates