New stuff

The CIA buys phone data and meta-data from AT&T.  The extra in the 2.8% growth figure for U.S> gdp came from inventory build-up, but the government shutdown doesn’t seem to have mattered much.  Russia’s long-term growth forecast is falling, from five percent to 4.3, to four, now to 2.5%.  54% of voting white women in Virginia opted for Cuccinelli.  Asteroid strikes are more likely than we had thought.