Signs the economy may be slowing enough for a second Fed rate cut:

Housing construction fell 12% in the second quarter, a sixth quarter of declines.
The U.S. economy shed 4,000 net jobs in August.
Factory payrolls slid by 46,000, the most since July 2003.
The National Association of Realtors' index of pending home resales fell 2.1% to its lowest since record keeping began in 2001.
Sales of new, single-family homes dropped 8.3% in August, its lowest rate in seven years.

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