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What We’re Reading – Week of 09/18/2015

Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Is a pending recovery in residential housing investment an inevitable tailwind for the U.S. economy?

Article via Bloomberg

 

China gets serious about overhauling state-owned enterprises.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

A financial reckoning will come in the oil fields this fall as borrowing bases are redetermined.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

U.S. Bank estimates up to 70% of its workers in interest rate sensitive positions have never seen an interest rate increase.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

Barbie is using artificial intelligence to speak with girls.

Article via New York Times ($)

 

Artificial intelligence (AI) gets a lot of buzz, but do you actually know much about it?  This is a good overview.

Blog Post via Wait But Why