FRIDAY 8/18/17; Spain Terror Attack Aftermath; China Property Prices; OpEx; DE; EL; FL; HIBB; Consumer Sentiment; Finland Terrorist Attack; Strategist Stephen Bannon Banished from Whitehouse; US Stocks Rally on Bannon Ousting; Oil Rallies +4%

The drama continues in Barcelona and other areas of Spain overnight. At 8:50 AM Tokyo time (1:50 AM Barcelona; 12:50 AM London; 7:50 PM EST Thursday evening), authorities tell residents of Barcelona to stay inside and 




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Bannon talks cryptically but appears to be hinting that the people around the president now are more moderate in their views and somewhat detached from the views of the majority of voters that put President Trump in the Whitehouse.

Later in the evening from Breitbart headquarters, Stephen Bannon proclaims, “I’ve got my hands back on my weapons.”