(Bloomberg) -- Good morning Americas. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your Thursday started:
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- Norway’s central bank kept its key interest rates unchanged, setting policy makers up for the first tightening in seven years next month
- Turkey remains in the spotlight, with the emerging world bracing for a bear market, the U.S. refusing to blink on Turkey tariffs, Qatar lending a hand and Germany trying to bring some calm to the situation
- Help get a grip on the overload of Turkey talk here, with a collection of Bloomberg Economics analysis on the contagion risk
- U.K. retail sales bounced back strongly in July as warmer weather and extended discounts at stores encouraged shoppers to open their wallets
- There are five sticking points preventing a Trump-Xi deal, and Trump’s car tariffs are putting a Korea pact in jeopardy
- Meanwhile, Americans are getting crazy about their restaurant spending -- perhaps too crazy
- Finally, here’s a look at how one pro-Brexit coastal town is starting to worry
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