Kevin covers and discusses the following stories: the Federal Reserve reported its July manufacturing output index; "The (not so) Quiet Manufacturing Boom"; the National Association of REALTORS released their July Pending Home Sales Report; the American Trucking Associations released their July For-Hire Tonnage Index; oil prices react to escalating tensions in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates sanctions on Iran and the Energy Information Administration released U.S. Crude Inventory data; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.