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South Korean employment rose by 113,000 from a year earlier in September. Unemployment among people aged 15 to 29 increased to 5.4%, while their employment rate fell to 44.0%.
US retail and food-service sales reached $745.0bn in September. Sales excluding gasoline stations rose 0.2 percent, and the Census Bureau revised August growth upward to 1.3 percent.
Euro area industrial production fell 0.5 percent in August, with non-durable consumer goods down 2.7 percent. Eurostat also revised July lower, while capital goods continued to grow.
Japanese private-sector machinery orders excluding ships and electric power rose 5.2 percent in August. Total machinery orders fell 3.7 percent, showing the difference between the core measure and the broader survey.
Australian employment fell by 39,300 in September as a drop in part-time work outweighed full-time gains. The statistics bureau advises caution with monthly movements; its trend employment measure still increased.
UK output grew 0.1 percent in August, while three-month growth reached 0.7 percent. Production lifted the monthly figure, but services accounted for the expansion over the longer period.
China exported 3.03tn yuan of goods in September, up 29.6 percent from a year earlier. Imports rose 24.6 percent, taking combined monthly trade above 5tn yuan.
Chinese factory prices rose 5 percent in September from a year earlier, while consumer inflation reached 0.9 percent. The gap reflects stronger price increases for production materials than for consumer goods.
South Korean technology exports rose to a record $75.15bn in September. Semiconductors supplied 80.3 percent of the total, while exports of displays and communications equipment fell from a year earlier.
Singapore kept its exchange-rate policy settings unchanged as third-quarter growth slowed to 5.4 percent. The central bank expects inflation to ease more clearly from the middle of 2027.
September sales rose to an annualized pace of 3.99 million, but remained 2.2 percent below a year earlier. Inventory increased and the median price reached $417,500, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The IMF projects global growth of 3.1 percent in 2026 and 3.4 percent in 2027. It warns that shrinking buffers leave economies more exposed to energy, debt and technology shocks.
Germany confirmed September inflation at 3.3%, up from 2.9% in August. Energy prices rose 14.9% from a year earlier, while inflation excluding food and energy held at 2.4%.
Full transmission of higher energy and food prices could push 130 million more people below $6.85 a day, UNDP estimates. The agency says the figure measures potential exposure, not an observed increase in poverty.
The Reserve Bank of India lowered the undocumented rupee-derivative threshold to $5 million, imposed a cash reserve on some hedges and will supply state oil companies' daily dollar needs.
The University of Michigan's preliminary October consumer-sentiment index fell 3.7 percent to 46.3. The current-conditions index dropped 12.2 percent, while year-ahead inflation expectations increased to 4.7 percent.
Malaysia's industrial production rose 5.0 percent from a year earlier in August. Manufacturing and electricity output increased, led by a 17.0 percent rise in electrical and electronics products, while mining contracted.
Average monthly spending by Japanese households with at least two people fell 3.1 percent in real terms from a year earlier in August, the ninth consecutive decline. Real workers' income fell 0.9 percent.
U.S. wholesale sales increased 1.8 percent in August while inventories rose 0.5 percent. The inventory-to-sales ratio fell to 1.18 from 1.28 a year earlier, indicating stock grew more slowly than sales.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he expects additional rate increases if the economy develops as anticipated, but the moves need not occur at consecutive meetings. The FOMC has two meetings left this year.
South Korea's current account surplus rose to $46.11bn in August as balance-of-payments exports climbed 82.1 percent from a year earlier. The eight-month surplus reached $279.20bn.
September meeting minutes show most Fed participants thought another rate increase would likely be appropriate by year-end, after all backed the quarter-point move to 3.75 to 4 percent.
Homeland Security proposed charging schools $70,000 for an F-1 student's first Optional Practical Training recommendation and $30,000 for each later recommendation, including a STEM extension.
Euro area services production rose 0.4 percent in July after falling 0.3 percent in June. Professional and technical services led the monthly gain, while transportation and storage declined.
German industrial production rose 2.0 percent in August as construction and machinery output increased. Automotive production fell, while total output stood 2.3 percent above its year-earlier level.
India's central bank raised the policy repo rate 25 basis points to 5.50 percent and moved to calibrated tightening as it projected higher inflation and stronger growth.
USTR said two Section 301 actions imposed in 2018 will remain in force after domestic industries filed 162 continuation requests. A separate statutory review could still modify them.
The U.S. goods and services deficit widened $12.7bn to $105.6bn in August. Imports rose $17.2bn, outpacing a $4.5bn increase in exports after July's total was revised.
Euro area retail volume rose 0.1 percent in August, recovering a fraction of July's decline. Nonfood sales increased 0.5 percent while automotive-fuel sales fell 1.9 percent.
Governor Kazuo Ueda said the Bank of Japan will keep raising its policy rate if its outlook holds. He said underlying inflation is nearing 2% and overshooting risks now deserve more attention.
The Fiscal Monitor estimates that removing tax-induced increases in capital costs could lift long-run GDP by 2.1% to 2.7%. Its other modeled reforms target VAT, work incentives and tax administration.
Vietnam's statistics office estimates third-quarter GDP grew 9.95 percent from a year earlier, taking nine-month growth to 9.01 percent. The prime minister says fourth-quarter growth must exceed 12.5 percent to meet the annual target.
New factory orders increased 0.1 percent to $663.5bn in August. Unfilled orders rose 0.6 percent, while shipments were virtually unchanged after eight consecutive monthly increases.
US payrolls rose by 29,000 in September, while unemployment held at 4.2 percent. July and August employment was revised down by a combined 60,000.
Euro area inflation rose to an estimated 3.8 percent in September from 3.2 percent in August. Energy prices recorded an 18.8 percent annual increase.
Tokyo consumer prices rose 2.7 percent in September after a 1.9 percent August increase. Water charges jumped 65.6 percent and added 0.24 percentage points to the annual rate.
Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 2.5 percent in August, while employment increased by 140,000 from a year earlier after showing no annual growth in July.
Construction spending totaled $1.450tn through August, down 3.1 percent from the same period of 2025. The monthly estimate rose 0.9 percent, but that change was statistically uncertain.
Initial unemployment claims fell by 1,000 to 197,000 in the week ending September 26. Continuing claims fell by 11,000 to 1.701 million one week earlier.
Switzerland's consumer price index was unchanged in September at 101.5. Annual inflation rose to 1.0 percent as higher fuel costs were offset by cheaper travel and lodging.
The composite cost of new euro area home loans rose six basis points to 3.60 percent in August. New consumer-loan rates increased 33 basis points to 7.92 percent.
Australia's seasonally adjusted goods surplus narrowed by A$856m to A$495m in August. Exports rose 3.7 percent, while imports increased 5.8 percent.
South Korea exported a record $120.94bn in September, up 83.5 percent from a year earlier. Imports rose 26 percent, leaving a record $49.85bn trade surplus.
The Bank of Japan's Tankan showed sentiment among large manufacturers rising to 24 in September. Large service companies slipped to 35, while companywide investment plans remained firm.
Singapore's sea freight transport price index rose 25.4 percent from the first quarter and 32.6 percent from a year earlier. Freight forwarding prices increased 10.2 percent over the quarter.
New Zealand's seasonally adjusted filled jobs rose 0.2 percent in August, while actual jobs increased 0.9 percent from a year earlier and gross earnings reached NZ$16.6bn.
South Korea's government estimates CPTPP entry could lift real GDP 0.38 percentage point after 10 years. It projects manufacturing gains alongside annual declines in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Australia recorded an A$22.3bn underlying cash deficit for 2025-26, A$6bn smaller than forecast in May. Receipts came in A$4.6bn higher and payments A$1.4bn lower than forecast.
Profit at China's larger industrial firms rose 15.7 percent in January through August. Electronics manufacturing profit more than doubled, while auto profit fell 16.0 percent.
Japan's services producer price index rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier in August. Ocean freight prices rose 74.2 percent, while the index excluding international transportation increased 3.2 percent.
Minutes of the July meeting show many policymakers thought the Bank was moving from lifting underlying inflation to anchoring it near 2 percent. The board also discussed market expectations of roughly six-month intervals between increases.
CPI and PCE inflation can tell different stories in the same month. A Money & World analysis of 293 comparable months in the official BEA bridge finds that expenditure weights, not index formulas, most often produce the largest part of the gap.
The University of Michigan sentiment index ended September at 48.1, down 7.0 percent from August and 12.7 percent from a year earlier. Year-ahead inflation expectations rose to 4.6 percent.
US durable-goods orders were virtually unchanged at $338.6bn in August. Nondefense capital-goods orders excluding aircraft rose 1.6 percent, while shipments of the same category increased 0.6 percent.
The US net international investment position fell to minus $22.42tn at the end of the second quarter. The separate current-account deficit widened 15.7 percent to $246.0bn.
The August new-home-sales rate reached 684,000, but the monthly rise did not clear the Census Bureau's significance test. July's estimate was revised up by 36,000.
Seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims fell by 1,000 to 197,000 in the week ending September 19. Continuing claims rose by 2,000 to 1.719 million one week earlier.
The Swiss National Bank kept its policy rate at zero. It raised its near-term inflation view, while forecasting annual inflation of 0.7 percent in 2026 and 0.8 percent in both 2027 and 2028.
Sweden's central bank held its policy rate at 1.75 percent. Its forecast now puts the quarterly average at 2.38 percent in the third quarter of 2027, against 1.97 percent in June.
Australia added 39,500 jobs in August, but unemployment rose to 4.6 percent as participation increased. All of the net employment gain came from part-time work.
The OECD raised its US growth forecasts to 2.2 percent for 2026 and 2.1 percent for 2027. It also lifted the G20 inflation outlook for both years.
ADB raised developing Asia's growth forecast. It now expects 5.0 percent in 2026. Regional inflation was reduced to 4.2 percent.
South Korea's consumer sentiment index rose 2.1 points to 106.6 in September. Expected inflation held at 2.7 percent for one year and 2.6 percent over longer horizons.
South Korea recorded 24,275 births in July, up 11.1 percent from a year earlier. Deaths rose 3.0 percent, leaving a natural population decrease of 4,647.
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said broad price pressure made inflation the larger policy risk. More than 60 percent of 180 PCE categories are rising faster than 3 percent.
The Chicago Fed's September activity index fell to minus 5 from plus 5. Manufacturing strengthened to plus 25, while nonmanufacturing dropped to minus 20.
The Philadelphia Fed's service employment index rose to its highest reading since June 2022, even as the regional activity index fell to minus 22.0.
The Richmond Fed manufacturing index fell to minus 2 in September from 4, while its service-sector revenue index recovered to zero from minus 8.
The UK public sector borrowed £18.3bn in August, 19 percent more than a year earlier and £3.5bn above forecast. Financial-year borrowing remained lower than last year but above the official projection.
Governor Tiff Macklem said new US tariffs could cut Canada's fourth-quarter growth to below 1 percent, while oil near $100 a barrel would push inflation higher in the coming months.
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index fell to minus 0.04 in August from plus 0.08 in July as production weakened. Its three-month average edged above zero.
India's core industry output grew 4.8 percent in August, down slightly from July. Double digit gains in electricity and cement offset contractions in four sectors.
Germany's economy is likely to grow only slightly in the third quarter before picking up in the fourth, the Bundesbank said. It expects inflation to remain elevated for now.
Britain's statistics office will separate artificial intelligence from broader industries in the national accounts. Experimental estimates of AI compute services are due after March 2027, with an ongoing account targeted after March 2028.
South Korea plans 1.19 million publicly supported homes through 2030, with 77 percent in the Seoul metropolitan area. The program includes construction, purchased rentals, lease assistance and homes for public sale.
Singapore recorded 4,620 retrenchments in the second quarter, up from 3,830. The six-month re-entry rate fell to 54.9 percent, while seasonally adjusted job vacancies declined to 68,600.
South Korea exported a record $71.4bn from September 1 through 20, up 78.3 percent from a year earlier. Semiconductors supplied $34.1bn, or 47.8 percent of the total.
A Bank of Korea working paper says expectations for future central bank policy carry most external shocks into Korean long term yields, with the link to US rates strengthening after 2008 and 2021.
China kept its one-year loan prime rate at 3.0 percent and its over-five-year rate at 3.5 percent, the 16th monthly fixing without a change after both were cut in May 2025.
Bolivia's Senate completed legislative approval of about $1.9 billion in IMF financing. The measure now goes to the executive for promulgation, with disbursements available over as long as 36 months.
BLS found statistically significant unemployment-rate declines in eight states and Washington, DC, in August. California, Wisconsin, South Carolina and New Mexico recorded significant payroll gains.
US industrial production was unchanged in August as manufacturing output fell 0.3 percent. Utilities rose 1.8 percent, while total capacity utilization held at 76.3 percent.
The Conference Board's US Leading Economic Index slipped to 99.5 in August. Consumer expectations, building permits and jobless claims outweighed stronger financial components, but the index did not trigger a recession signal.
Renewable sources supplied 54.1 percent of electricity generated in the European Union during the second quarter. Solar accounted for 41.6 percent of renewable generation.
Euro area consumers raised median inflation expectations to 3.0 percent one year ahead, 2.9 percent three years ahead and 2.5 percent five years ahead in August.
German service producer prices rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier in the second quarter. Sea and coastal freight prices climbed 20.7 percent, while accounting services rose 6.0 percent.
German producer prices rose 4.6 percent from a year earlier and 1.1 percent in August. Energy prices climbed 8.3 percent, led by a 40.5 percent increase in mineral oil products.
Great Britain retail sales volumes rose 0.5 percent in August and 0.9 percent over three months. Online spending values climbed 2.5 percent for the month.
Japan's consumer prices rose 1.9 percent in August, unchanged from July. The core measure excluding fresh food slowed to 1.7 percent as energy prices fell.
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock said some upside inflation risks now appear to be materialising. The Board will assess whether this year's 75 basis points of tightening is enough.
New Zealand's annual goods trade deficit widened to NZ$5.4bn in August from NZ$3.2bn a year earlier. Monthly exports rose 15 percent and imports gained 13 percent.
South Korea's producer price index rose 7.9 percent from a year earlier in August and 0.2 percent from July. Semiconductor prices climbed 147.6 percent over the year.
Pending home sales rose 0.3 percent in August but remained 4.7 percent below a year earlier. Monthly gains in the South and West offset declines in the Northeast and Midwest.
DOE says its 2022 manufactured-housing energy standards lost legal effect under a housing law enacted July 11. The department will not enforce them while HUD develops replacement standards.
The Bank of England held Bank Rate at 3.75 percent in a 6 to 3 vote. It also set a plan to unwind its remaining monetary-policy gilt portfolio by the end of 2034.
Seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims fell by 10,000 to 196,000 in the week ending September 12. Continuing claims dropped by 39,000 to 1.73 million one week earlier.
Housing completions fell 11.9 percent in August to a 1.128 million annual rate. Permits declined 2.7 percent and starts fell 2.6 percent, though the starts change was not statistically significant.
Euro area inflation rose to 3.2 percent in August from 2.9 percent in July, one tenth below Eurostat's flash estimate. Energy contributed 1.29 percentage points to the annual rate.
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 46.2 percent in August as electronics climbed 131.8 percent. Total merchandise trade reached S$156.9bn, up 44.5 percent from a year earlier.
New Zealand's economy grew 0.2 percent in the June quarter after a 0.9 percent first-quarter rise. Construction gained 2.7 percent, while real national disposable income fell.
Australia's population grew 1.4 percent to 27.9 million in the year through March. Net overseas migration remained the largest source of growth but fell 5.6 percent from the prior year.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority set its Base Rate at 4.25 percent with immediate effect. Its formula selected the Federal Reserve linked figure over a 2.50 percent HIBOR alternative.
Japanese household financial assets reached ¥2,519tn at the end of June, up 11 percent from a year earlier. Equity holdings rose 47 percent, while cash and deposits increased 0.5 percent.
The United States recorded an $83.7bn net foreign capital inflow in July even as long-term securities produced a $27.9bn outflow. Short-term securities and banks' foreign liabilities supplied the difference.
The Federal Reserve raised its target range by a quarter point to 3.75 to 4 percent. Policymakers' median projection puts the federal funds rate at 4.1 percent at year-end.
Builder confidence fell three points to 32 in September, its lowest level in a year. The NAHB survey found 38 percent of builders cut prices and 66 percent used sales incentives.
Business inventories reached $2.76tn in July, up 0.8 percent from June, while combined sales rose 0.3 percent to $2.12tn. The inventories-to-sales ratio held at 1.30.
A final rule removes emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel steam plants and carbon capture standards for modified coal units and new base load turbines. A companion proposal would repeal remaining greenhouse gas rules.
Import prices rose 0.7 percent in August and 7.0 percent over the year, the strongest annual increase since August 2022. Nonfuel prices advanced while fuel prices edged lower.
Retail and food services sales reached $773.9 billion, rising 1.2 percent from July and 6.0 percent from a year earlier. The figures are seasonally adjusted but not adjusted for prices.
UK consumer price inflation rose to 3.1 percent in August from 2.9 percent in July. Motor fuels made the largest upward contribution, while core inflation held at 2.6 percent.
Eurostat said industrial production fell 0.1 percent from June in the euro area and 0.3 percent in the EU. Non-durable consumer goods led the euro-area decline.
Japan's core private machinery orders fell 3.7 percent in July after rising 9.7 percent in June. Total orders received by 280 manufacturers dropped 5.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Japan's August trade deficit widened to ¥1.106tn as imports rose 28.0 percent and exports increased 19.3 percent. Import volume rose only 2.7 percent while unit values climbed 24.7 percent.
A revised U.S. tariff schedule adds Canadian cheese, paper, metal goods, golf carts and furniture to the 50 percent Section 338 levy while removing several products including salt and cement.
Canada's consumer price index rose 3.0 percent from a year earlier in August, matching July. Slower gasoline inflation was offset by faster increases for travel tours and rent.
The European Central Bank raised all three key rates by 25 basis points. Its deposit rate reaches 2.50 percent on September 16, while the 2027 and 2028 inflation forecasts moved higher.
UK gross domestic product grew 0.4 percent in July. Services rose 0.4 percent, production 0.2 percent and construction 0.1 percent, according to the official monthly estimate.
Italy's industrial production increased 0.7 percent in July after seasonal adjustment, led by a 2.1 percent rise in consumer goods. Output was unchanged from July 2025.
Policy Board member MASU Kazuyuki said Japan's 1 percent policy rate remains below the Bank's 1.1 to 2.5 percent estimated neutral range and should rise further.
Private-sector compensation averaged $46.89 an hour in June, including $32.82 in wages and $14.07 in benefits. Benefits accounted for 30 percent of the total.
U.S. private employers added an estimated 12,000 jobs a week in the four weeks through August 22, up from 10,000. The preliminary series now incorporates first-quarter federal wage records.
French manufacturing output fell 0.8 percent in July after a revised 1.0 percent decline in June. Total industrial production fell 0.4 percent, while energy output increased.
Malaysia's industrial production rose 4.7 percent from a year earlier in July. Manufacturing and electricity output increased, while mining production fell 3.2 percent and electronics led factory growth.
China's consumer prices rose 0.8 percent from a year earlier in August. Producer prices rose 3.8 percent, led by a 5 percent increase for production materials.
South African GDP fell 0.2 percent from the first quarter after a 0.4 percent expansion. Trade, manufacturing and mining contracted, while household consumption increased 0.4 percent.
German grid generation rose 4.5 percent to 230.6bn kilowatt-hours in the first half. Renewables supplied 59.1 percent, while the country's electricity import surplus shrank to 0.6bn kilowatt-hours.
Germany exported 138.2bn euros of goods in July, down 0.8 percent from June. Imports fell 5.7 percent, lifting the adjusted trade surplus to 21.3bn euros.
China's exports reached $401.44bn in August, up 25 percent from a year earlier. Imports rose 28.2 percent and the monthly trade surplus widened to $119.09bn.
New Zealand business sales rose across 13 of 14 industry groups in the June quarter. Annual operating profit reached NZ$29bn, up 7.9 percent.
South Korea's real gross national income rose 3.1 percent from the first quarter, five times the 0.6 percent increase in real gross domestic product.
Japan raised its second-quarter real GDP estimate to 0.4 percent from the first quarter, or 1.4 percent annualized. Domestic demand subtracted 0.1 percentage point.
Japan's current-account surplus reached ¥2.989tn in July, up 15.6 percent from a year earlier. Its goods deficit widened to ¥399.9bn as imports grew faster than exports.
UNCTAD estimates that digitally delivered services grew 7 percent a year in value from 2015 through 2024, against 4 percent for goods trade over the same period.
Britain will reduce the discount rate used in Treasury business cases from 3.5 percent to 3 percent and add an economic-potential analysis, Chancellor John Healey said.
Azerbaijan's central bank bought $1.5bn in foreign currency during August. Its reserves reached a record $15.3bn, up $3.8bn or 33 percent since the start of the year.
Eurostat raised its second-quarter growth estimate to 0.6 percent for the euro area and 0.7 percent for the EU. Net exports added 0.9 and 0.8 percentage points, respectively.
South Korean depository institutions increased industrial lending by 30.6tn won in the second quarter. Working capital accounted for 23.8tn won of the increase, while facilities investment took 6.9tn won.
Japan's reserve assets fell $79.575bn in August to $1.208tn. Foreign currency reserves dropped by $94.641bn, while the reported value of gold rose by $14.583bn.
Seven OPEC+ countries will maintain September required production into October after setting a 188,000 barrel-a-day increase for September. Their next meeting is scheduled for October 4.
AAA's national diesel average reached $5.8500 a gallon on September 4, up 6.68 cents in a day and 23.95 cents in a week. The association's table now dates its record to Friday.
A proposed rule would require the Bureau of Land Management to approve, or approve with conditions, qualifying oil production sites in Alaska's petroleum reserve within 60 days.
US payrolls increased by 162,000 in August, the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent, and revisions turned July's reported decline into a gain.
Euro area retail trade volume fell 0.6 percent in July as nonfood sales declined. Eurostat also revised June from a 0.3 percent fall to a 0.2 percent increase.
Italian retail sales fell 0.4 percent by value and 0.5 percent by volume in July. From a year earlier, spending rose 0.8 percent while the volume of goods sold declined 0.6 percent.
German manufacturing orders rose 2.5 percent in July, driven almost entirely by large transport-equipment contracts. Orders excluding large-scale business fell 1.4 percent, and automotive orders dropped 12.5 percent.
The seasonally adjusted volume of building work in New Zealand rose 4.8 percent in the June quarter after falling 1.5 percent in the March quarter. Residential and non-residential work both increased.
Average monthly spending by Japanese households with at least two people fell 3.6 percent in real terms from a year earlier in July. Real income for workers' households fell 3.8 percent.
South Korea's current account surplus reached $42.08bn in July as goods exports rose 65.3 percent from a year earlier. The seven-month surplus now stands at $233.09bn.
Chief Economist Huw Pill said Bank Rate should rise to 4 percent and criticized a wait-and-see stance. The rate remains 3.75 percent, and the speech does not change policy.
The ISM Services PMI rose 1.3 points to 55.4 in August. Business activity and new orders reached their highest readings in years, while the employment index stayed below 50.
Labor compensation accounted for 52.8 percent of U.S. nonfarm business output in the second quarter, the lowest share since the series began. Real hourly compensation fell 3.3 percent.
The U.S. goods and services trade deficit widened to $88.6bn in July. Exports fell 2.1 percent while imports rose 2.8 percent, moving the balance in both directions.
Euro area industrial producer prices rose 1.6 percent in July and 5.8 percent over the year. Energy increased 5.6 percent in the month while prices excluding energy did not move.
Switzerland's sport-adjusted economy grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter, its strongest pace since 2021. Chemical and pharmaceutical output rose 10.5 percent while domestic demand recovered.
Switzerland's consumer price index rose 0.4 percent in August and 0.8 percent from a year earlier. Housing rents, motor fuel, heating oil and hospital services pushed the monthly index higher.
Bank Negara Malaysia held its overnight policy rate at 2.75 percent. It expects growth of around 5 percent this year after the economy expanded 5.7 percent in the first half.
The Bank of Canada held its overnight rate at 2.25 percent. It said new tariffs and prolonged high oil prices have increased inflation risks as the economy recovers.
New Zealand's merchandise terms of trade fell 9.0 percent in the June quarter, official data show. Import prices rose 14 percent while export prices increased 3.5 percent.
Australia's goods surplus narrowed by A$418m to A$1.923bn in July. Exports fell 3.3 percent to A$46.261bn, while imports fell 2.5 percent to A$44.339bn.
Economic activity increased modestly across the Federal Reserve's 12 districts. Employment barely rose, while eight districts reported moderate price increases.
Norway's net international investment position reached a record NOK 22.825tn in the second quarter. Market gains on overseas investments supplied most of the NOK 3.408tn increase.
South Korea's consumer price index rose 3.1 percent from a year earlier in August. Inflation excluding food and energy accelerated to 3.4 percent.
Australian GDP rose 0.4 percent in the June quarter and 2.1 percent from a year earlier. Private business investment fell 0.5 percent.
Japan's monetary base averaged 543.0 trillion yen in August, down 15.7 percent from a year earlier. Current-account balances at the Bank of Japan fell 18.9 percent.
U.S. employers reported 7.27 million job openings in July, up 89,000 from June. Hiring fell by 278,000, while quits declined by 157,000 and layoffs fell by 119,000.
Euro area annual inflation rose from 2.9 percent in July to an estimated 3.3 percent in August. Energy inflation increased to 14.3 percent, while the rate excluding energy held at 2.2 percent.
Australia approved 17,687 dwellings in July, down 3.6 percent from June but up 9.0 percent from a year earlier. Non-residential building value rose 14.4 percent to A$9.93bn.
Australia's current account deficit widened by A$1.8bn to A$27.2bn in the June quarter. Record fuel and passenger vehicle import values helped push the goods and services deficit to A$5.1bn.
Ordinary profits excluding finance and insurance reached 44.7 trillion yen, up 24.6 percent from a year earlier. Plant and equipment investment rose 1.6 percent overall but fell 3.7 percent in manufacturing.
Three tenants measured their own premises against the space they signed for and found a quarter to a third of it idle. Federal law now carries a benchmark of 150 usable square feet per person and a give-back clause below 60 percent occupancy.
The provisional consumer price index is 2.9 percent above August 2025 and 0.2 percent above July. Core inflation is unchanged at 2.4 percent and goods now run hotter than services.
The Dallas Fed published the August Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey on August 31. New orders rose 15.6 points to 22.0 and general business activity rose to 11.6 from 1.3, while employment fell to 8.0.
Manufacturing PMI rose 0.6 points to 49.8 and stayed under 50. New orders gained 2.1 points to 50.6 and factory-gate prices gained 2.6 to 50.4. Manufacturing employment fell to 48.7.
Seasonally adjusted production was 104.7, up 0.1 percent on June and 4.1 percent higher than a year earlier before adjustment. The producers surveyed expect 6.4 percent in August and minus 4.2 in September.
One borrower itemised a five year equipment agreement and found the total cash outlay ran 48,805 dollars above the price of the machine. Two others describe the same gap arriving as fees, covenants and delay. Federal law required none of them to be handed a total.
The China-wide entity drew 130.86 percent on total adverse facts available, depositing at 129.73 percent after an export subsidy offset. No Chinese producer established a separate rate.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts the price level of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro at 102.3 for 2024, or 2.3 percent above the national average, 55th of 387 metropolitan areas. Housing carries all of it at 125.1. Goods, utilities and other services all price below the national average.
A final rule filed on Friday rescinds the 1980 regulation requiring three Labor agencies to coordinate enforcement for migrant farmworkers. Eight comments were received. All eight opposed it, and none changed the rule.
An interpretive rule filed on Friday reverses the reading of the 2007 statute that NHTSA has used since 2011. It takes no comment, takes effect on publication, and the agency will enforce accordingly in the meantime.
Ten final rules reached public inspection at 8.45 on Friday, all from the Federal Railroad Administration, all proposed on the same day in July 2025. Rail unions opposed nine of them.
A proposed rule published on Friday would end mandatory pre-complaint counselling, remove the right to request an administrative judge before a final agency decision, and bar class complaints from administrative adjudication. Comments close in 30 days.
A final rule filed on Thursday afternoon replaces four annual rulemaking documents with a memorandum issued every three years. Of 28 comments, all but two objected to the three-year cycle. The Service made no change.
The Commission acted on its own motion to put the Global Laser Enrichment case on the procedure it set for Orano at Oak Ridge this month. The reopened contested proceeding now serves as the required hearing.
The Statistics Bureau put the Tokyo ku-area index excluding fresh food and energy up 2.0 percent on the year in August, a third consecutive rise from May's 1.5 percent. Rent contributed 0.46 points.
The Statistics Bureau put July employment at 68.50 million, exactly unchanged from a year earlier, after year on year gains of 640,000 in April and 170,000 in June. The jobless rate fell to 2.4 percent.
The Bank of Korea published its August Economic Outlook the day after raising rates, and it puts this year's current account surplus at $450.0bn against the $250bn it forecast in May.
Three employers priced their workers compensation cover, from 158 dollars a year to about 180,000. None of the three can explain their number by pointing at a claim they actually had. The rating manuals say why: the figure that enters the calculation is the reserve an insurer has set, not the amount a claim finally costs.
A proclamation dated 26 August raises the 2026 in-quota quantity for lean beef trimmings by 300,000 metric tons, released in three tranches from 1 September, and allocates all of it to other countries rather than to one supplier.
Seasonally adjusted initial claims were 203,000 in the week ending 22 August, down 4,000 on a revised 207,000. The smoothed four week average went the other way and rose to 205,500.
Titan Machinery reported a $9.2m quarterly loss on revenue of $496.4m, down from $546.4m. It reaffirmed a full year adjusted loss of $1.25 to $1.75 a share while revising every one of its four segment revenue assumptions.
Personal income rose 0.4 percent in July and disposable income rose 0.5 percent. Real consumer spending rose less than 0.1 percent, and the saving rate reached 3.0 percent.
The second estimate left real GDP at 1.5 percent for the second quarter. Profits from current production rose $400.9bn against $74.4bn in the first, and the PCE price index was revised up to 5.3 percent.
The Justice Department published its statutory report on the Epstein records in Thursday's Federal Register. The letter itself is dated 14 February. Its six pages are printed as scanned images rather than searchable text.
The Monetary Policy Board raised the Base Rate from 2.75 percent to 3.00 percent on Thursday, its second increase in a row, and lifted the 2026 growth forecast to 3.3 percent from the 2.6 percent published in May.
HIMINO Ryozo said the Bank should keep raising the policy rate, and that policymakers are entering a phase where they must also bear in mind the possibility of underlying inflation exceeding 2 percent.
The airworthiness directive covers 15 helicopters on the United States register and bans special flight permits. Replacement costs $13,900 a helicopter, and the FAA says it cannot tell how many will need one.
Refineries operated at 97.4 percent of operable capacity in the week to 21 August, the highest weekly reading since September 2018. Operable capacity is 133,000 barrels a day below a year ago.
The airworthiness directive covers 957 engines on United States registered airplanes and takes effect 15 days after publication. The FAA puts the cost at $2,370 an engine, or $2,268,090 across US operators.
New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 1.1 percent in July to $339.3 billion. Nondefense aircraft supplied most of the increase, and the measure that excludes aircraft rose 0.2 percent.
Commerce preliminarily found citric acid from India sold at less than fair value, at 151.73 percent. That rate came out of the petition after the sole Indian respondent withdrew. The Canadian respondent drew zero.
The Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to leave the policy rate at 1.00 percent. It lowered its inflation projection and said gains from the technology cycle rely heavily on imported inputs.
The People's Bank of China will run overnight reverse repos from 27 August to 1 September, capped at 600bn yuan a day. On the four days the August window ran, the seven day operation took nothing.
Births reached 23,111 against 27,794 deaths, a natural decline of 4,683 for the month. All 17 regions recorded more births than a year earlier, and Seoul, which has the lowest fertility rate in the country, recorded natural increase.
The interim final rule takes effect on publication, which the document stamps as 27 August. Propofol, the comparator on every one of the eight statutory factors, was recommended for Schedule IV in 2010 and is listed in no schedule.
The Bank of Japan index rose 3.6 percent from a year earlier, up from a revised 3.4 percent in June. Excluding international transportation, a group weighing 7.5 in 1,000, it held at 3.1 percent.
The monthly consumer price index rose 3.5 percent in the year to July, down from 3.8 percent in June. Trimmed mean inflation held at 3.6 percent, which leaves headline below it.
Three employers priced a single hire against the salary they budgeted. Two of them budgeted ninety days to full productivity and got seven months. All three name the same overrun, and it is not a line item: it is the time of the person already on the payroll.
Minutes released on Tuesday show the directors of Cleveland and Minneapolis voted on 16 July for a 4 percent primary credit rate. By 23 July the directors of Kansas City and Dallas had joined them.
The Conference Board index fell 0.8 points to 89.4 in August. The Present Situation Index rose 6.8 points to 121.2 and the Expectations Index fell 5.8 points to 68.2.
Sales of new single-family houses ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000 in July, down 10.5 percent from a June figure the Census Bureau has revised up by 50,000.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission found no significant environmental impact from letting Palisades SMR build permanent excavation support walls before any limited work authorisation is issued. The company would carry the risk if its permit is refused.
The composite index came in at 104.5, down 2.3 points and the first monthly fall since April. The read on current conditions dropped five points to 79. The gauge has stayed above 100 since May.
Five corrections ran in Tuesday's Federal Register. Four fix the layoff, probation and suitability rules published on 3 August and effective 2 September. OPM calls every one of them non-substantive.
Search the phrase and the first page of results returns 2032, 2033 and 2034 as the year Social Security runs out of money. All three appear in the 2026 Trustees Reports, and each belongs to a different trust fund. The government publishes a fourth date, in a separate letter sent to Congress on the same morning, and that one falls in 2031.
CBP has declared Customs-Enforcement Areas off South Florida, the Texas Gulf Coast, central and southern California, and Puerto Rico, extending boarding authority from 12 to 24 nautical miles from the baseline.
Search the phrase and the first page returns three separate leaderboards, two different jurisdictions at the top, and figures for the same state thirty thousand dollars apart. None of the pages is wrong. They are answering different questions from the same federal dataset, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes the line that reconciles them.
Both notices publish on Monday and take effect that day. One lets the Bureau of Land Management clear dead and dying trees without an environmental assessment, the other thin forests. Neither cap exceeds 5,000 acres.
The Korea Customs Service put exports for 1 to 20 August at $55.2bn, up 56.0 percent. Semiconductors were $26.0bn of that and 47.2 percent of the total, while passenger car exports fell 45.1 percent.
South Korea will divert internal tax revenue above a ten year trend into a new Future Response Fund, and replace the school grant that has been fixed at 20.79 percent of internal taxes with a growth and demography formula.
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasts 5 to 10 inches of rain on the Big Island from Tropical Storm Moke, locally 15, with the centre passing well to the south. No tropical cyclone watch or warning is in effect.
Mark Carney suspended trade talks with the United States on Friday evening. A readout of Saturday's First Ministers' Meeting says dollar for dollar counter-tariffs come into force the Tuesday after Labour Day, with the details to follow in the coming days.
Reclamation issued the August 2026 24-Month Study in two versions, one built on a 6 million acre-foot Lake Powell release and one on 7 million. They match to the foot until April 2027, then diverge by about fifteen feet at Lake Mead.
The Interior Department signed the 2027-2028 Colorado River operating guidelines on 21 August. Deliveries to the Lower Basin fall by 1.25 million acre-feet a year, split 760,000 to Arizona, 440,000 to California and 50,000 to Nevada.
Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on silicon metal from Australia and Norway on 21 August. The four month statutory cap on provisional measures leaves entries from 24 January to 18 August free of countervailing duty.
The suspension of the 50 percent Section 338 duties on certain Canadian goods expired at 12:01 a.m. eastern today by its own terms. The proclamation that granted it has now been numbered 11056.
A final rule effective 21 August requires election officials to load voter names, addresses and barcodes into a new Postal Service portal before outbound federal ballot mail is accepted. Two injunctions hold it back.
Six people describe what global economic conditions changed about their decisions. None of them changed a forecast. Every one changed the structure of a commitment instead, and the Federal Reserve publishes the error table that explains why.
Two Bureau of Industry and Security final rules filed on Friday remove one Turkish entity from the Entity List outright and strip two Hong Kong addresses from a listed Chinese entry. Both take effect on filing.
Insteel Industries will close its Upper Sandusky, Ohio plant by the end of October and cut up to 65 positions. The $4.6m restructuring charge sets $2.5m against equipment relocation and $0.4m against employee separation.
Retail sales volumes in Great Britain fell 0.5 percent in July against June, after a June rise the statistics office has cut to 0.7 percent from 1.0 percent. Volumes rose 1.1 percent over three months.
UK public sector net borrowing was £1.8bn in July 2026, £0.7bn more than a year earlier and £2.3bn above the official forecast. Borrowing in the financial year to June was revised down by £2.7bn.
The final determination puts weighted average dumping margins at 5.78 percent for Synthite and 4.24 percent for Mane Kancor, with 5.08 percent for all others. The adjusted deposit column reads zero and is not being applied.
The Statistics Bureau published the July national index on 21 August, the first monthly report on the 2025 base. The all items index was 102.0, up 1.9 percent on the year against 1.6 percent in June.
Five owners describe raising their prices and what followed. The reaction they could hear and the reaction that showed up in the numbers came from two different groups of customers, and in every account here the audible one was the smaller and the less informative of the two.
A final rule effective 1 October lifts the appeal fee from $920 to $950 and the cancellation of removal fee from $1,540 to $1,590, using a July inflation reading of 3.4 percent that the statute rounds down.
Commerce set preliminary dumping margins of 5.28 percent on Driscoll's Operaciones, 3.37 percent on Mainland Farms and 4.83 percent for all others. Cash deposits start on the date of publication.
The future general activity index rose 39 points to 73.6, its highest since August 1983, and future capital expenditures reached a 53 year high at 48.2. The current new orders index fell 7 points to 30.1.
Seasonally adjusted initial claims were 206,000 in the week to 15 August, down 6,000 from a previous week revised up to 212,000 from 209,000. The four week average rose 4,250 to 204,000.
Seasonally adjusted production in construction fell 1.3 percent in the euro area and 1.0 percent in the EU in June against May. Measured against June 2025 the euro area is down 0.7 percent.
Commerce set Chandan Steel at a 0.60 percent dumping margin and the collapsed BFN and Viraj group at 50.72 percent on adverse facts available, for imports made between October 2023 and September 2024.
Antidumping and countervailing petitions on linear hydraulic cylinders from five countries were filed on 29 July. Commerce has extended its initiation deadline by 20 days, to 8 September, so that it can poll the domestic industry.
Seasonally adjusted employment fell 15,800 to 14,807,200 and unemployment was 4.5 percent. The survey ran on seven rotation groups rather than eight, and the group that left recorded 4.1 percent unemployment against 4.6 for the group that joined.
A proclamation signed 18 August moves the effective date of the 50 percent duties in Proclamations 11046, 11047 and 11048 from 19 August to 12:01 a.m. eastern time on 22 August.
Commerce continued the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on large vertical shaft engines from China after the first five-year review. Customs keeps collecting cash deposits at the rates in force at entry.
Exports rose 23.2 percent in value on a quantum index up 5.2 percent. Imports rose 27.8 percent on quantum up 1.2 percent. Shipments to America are the exception, with quantum up 20.4 percent.
Five people who send invoices for a living describe what shortened the wait. Every remedy that worked moved the decision earlier than the due date, and two of them found a large part of the delay had been sitting on their own side of it.
The proposed rule rewrites the recognition standards for the agencies that gate more than $100bn a year in federal student aid. Its own accounting statement quantifies one cost line at $494.2m a year and leaves every benefit unquantified.
USDA proposes to rescind the 2001 rule that bars road building and timber harvesting across 58.5 million acres of national forest. Comments close 30 days after publication.
Kevin Warsh put a change to the meeting calendar itself to the Committee in July, suggesting six scheduled meetings a year, roughly every two months. No decision was made and the 2026 schedule stands.
Minutes of the July 28 to 29 meeting, released on Wednesday, record that many participants judged policy tightening would likely be necessary if inflation did not decline. Several favoured a quarter point rise at that meeting.
The Labor Department has removed the requirement that states staff Wagner-Peyser employment services with state merit employees. It received 456 comments, 303 of them from form letter campaigns, and produced no monetized estimate of savings.
The NRC has exempted Palisades from the days-off and 54-hour rules for Operations staff for up to 60 days from core reload, or until the plant reaches the grid. It is the fifth such exemption.
Rural Development has proposed removing 7 CFR part 1924 in full, ending federal construction, thermal performance and site planning standards for its housing programs. Its business programs keep federal standards, because USDA says comparable local ones do not exist there.
A section 232 proclamation puts a 100 percent tariff on drones over 25 kilograms, docking stations and heavy drone parts from September 3. The same small drone pays 25 percent, or 100 percent if it carries a thermal imager.
The International Trade Commission found an American industry materially injured by silicon metal from Australia and Norway. Angola and Laos went the same way in April. Thailand was dropped as negligible.
Commerce has cut the countervailing duty rate on phosphate fertilizer from Russia's JSC Apatit to 22.86 percent from 28.50, after the Court of International Trade sustained its second remand. Cash deposits are unchanged.
Treasury's June capital flows show net foreign purchases of long-term US securities at $207.1bn. Equities took $181.4bn of that. Net buying of Treasury bonds and notes was $6.8bn, the weakest of the four months printed.
Commerce has put automobile US content determinations on the same annual cycle as trucks and buses. Existing approvals lapse for cars imported on or after December 1, and replacement filings are due by September 30.
Privately-owned starts ran at a 1,239,000 annual rate in July, down from a revised 1,415,000. Building permits went the other way, up 5.0 percent to 1,443,000, the reverse of the June pattern.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed five mineral lease areas around the Northern Mariana Islands covering 67,197,032 acres. Each carries a $3m minimum bonus bid, and the ascending oral auction is set for December 16.
The Surface Transportation Board codified its grant stamp at a new 49 CFR 1011.8 and widened it. A motion for protective order may now be approved before the 20 day reply period expires.
Four operators describe noticing the same macro shift inside their own order books weeks before it reached a published statistic. Each rebuilt planning around a private signal rather than a forecast, and the Federal Reserve has a version of the same problem.
Commerce found that none of the 18 established separate rate eligibility for the year to April 30, 2025, which leaves all of them inside the China-wide entity at 86.01 percent.
NOAA will prepare an environmental impact statement on a ten year exploration licence for The Metals Company USA covering 121,830.2 square kilometres of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in six noncontiguous subareas.
The University of Michigan's preliminary August index read 51.0 against a final July reading of 55.2, a fall of 7.6 percent, with long-run expected business conditions down 17 percent.
Sales were $763.6 billion, down 0.6 percent with a margin of error of 0.4 points, the first fall in the three months shown. Online sellers and car dealers account for more than the whole decline.
The 45 day flash left euro area growth at 0.4 percent and European Union growth at 0.5 percent for the second quarter. Employment, published for the first time on this quarter, rose 0.1 percent in both.
OPM filed a direct final rule amending six parts of the Civil Service Rules, the first comprehensive revision since 1954. It takes effect in 60 days unless someone files a significant adverse comment in 30.
Seasonally adjusted initial claims were 209,000 in the week ending 8 August, up 9,000 on a revised 200,000. The four week moving average held at 199,000, unchanged on the previous week's revised figure.
Final demand prices were unchanged in July, seasonally adjusted. Goods fell 0.7 percent, construction rose 2.2 percent and services rose 0.2 percent, and the twelve month rate came down from 5.5 percent to 4.7 percent.
UK goods exports fell £2.2bn, or 6.3 percent, in June to £33.0bn. Over Quarter 2 as a whole they rose £5.5bn, or 5.7 percent. The total trade deficit widened by £0.3bn to £8.0bn.
UK real GDP rose 0.4 percent in Quarter 2, after 0.6 percent in Quarter 1. The reported change in inventories was £1,880m; excluding alignment and balancing adjustments it was negative £1,382m.
Eurostat's first estimate puts euro area output unchanged on May and up 0.1 percent on the year. The EU rose 0.2 percent, a fifth consecutive monthly increase.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's quarterly survey put one-year-ahead inflation at 2.60 percent, down from 3.41 percent. Annual inflation in the June quarter was 4.1 percent.
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings reached $2,083.70 a week in May, up 3.7 percent on the year. The six month rise was 1.6 percent, the smallest since May 2022.
The rule ends federal Medicaid and CHIP matching for a defined set of procedures for minors. CMS puts the ten year federal saving at about $175m and took roughly 11,000 comments, more than 90 percent opposed.
The index rose 0.1 percent on the month and 7.2 percent on the year. Strip out the extra charges applied to electricity from July to September and the monthly change was zero.
Gross customs collections were $24.8bn in July and refunds were $33.4bn, so the line came in at minus $8.5bn. Refunds year to date are $114.7bn against $6.0bn last year.
For two decades the uncertain number in a small business plan sat on the revenue line. Three owners in three industries describe the same inversion: the expense side became the volatile one, and each rebuilt the cost half of the plan rather than re-forecasting revenue.
The quarterly update covers cheese imported between 1 January and 31 March 2026. Canada's export assistance is listed at 47 cents a pound, gross and net. Every other programme on the list reads zero.
The placards say 18 inch tires. The cars left the factory on 17 inch steel wheels. NHTSA granted the inconsequentiality petition, which exempts Toyota from notifying owners and from remedying the label.
CDER proposed withdrawing ANDA 091695 in October 2016 and Kremers asked for a hearing three weeks later. The notice setting one arrived this week, and the burden of proof sits with Kremers.
A HUD notice filed Wednesday reopens comment on the disaster recovery allocation formula. It floats dropping Small Business Administration and FEMA data from two of the three unmet need categories.
The all items index rose 0.1 percent in July after falling 0.4 percent in June, and stands 3.4 percent above a year earlier. Energy fell 1.5 percent in the month and remains up 14.7 percent.
Commerce found that 11 companies did not establish entitlement to a separate rate for calendar 2024, leaving them inside the China-wide entity. Nobody commented on the preliminary results, so they were adopted unchanged.
Currency in circulation fell 1.2 percent from a year earlier to ¥109.9tn. M1 was flat at plus 0.1 percent, and broadly defined liquidity grew 4.4 percent, the fastest of every aggregate the Bank of Japan publishes.
The United States ran a goods and services deficit of $931.96bn in 2025, made of a $1,259.62bn deficit in goods and a $327.66bn surplus in services. Almost every country ranking in circulation shows only the goods half, which moves eight of the fifteen largest deficits and cuts the Irish one by 58 percent.
A temporary scheduling order filed on Tuesday places O-desmethyltramadol in Schedule I for two years. Forensic laboratories have logged 147 encounters across 30 states, 118 of them the substance alone.
A National Park Service final rule filed on Tuesday takes e-scooters, hoverboards and Segways out of the motor vehicle definition and prohibits them everywhere except designated locations. Possession in statutory wilderness is barred.
A final rule filed on Tuesday removes three categories of federal employee appeal from 5 CFR 1201.3 on 2 September. The Board states it will keep adjudicating cases arising before that date.
The ONS published its August transformation update on Tuesday. A study of more than 5,000 people found the two surveys diverge most on types of inactivity, and the switchover is now a 2027 decision.
A direct final rule published on Tuesday amends 10 CFR 2.804(e) by replacing shall with may, making a self-imposed post-promulgation comment period voluntary. It takes effect on 26 October unless significant adverse comments arrive.
The Monetary Policy Board left the cash rate target at 4.35 percent and said the decision was unanimous. The forecast published with it assumes a cash rate of 4.5 percent through 2027.
Commerce has continued the antidumping duty order on difluoromethane from China, applicable 4 August 2026. The May sunset findings put the dumping margins likely to prevail on revocation at up to 221.06 percent.
Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule adding the C-4 and D-3 classifications for crews performing ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfers. The statute behind it was enacted on 5 January 2023.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed transferring suvorexant, lemborexant and daridorexant from schedule IV to schedule V. Its own document says the two schedules carry identical regulatory controls and administrative sanctions.
Norway's consumer price index rose 3.0 percent on the year in July, up from 2.7 percent in June. Statistics Norway attributes 0.3 percentage points of that to electricity including grid rent, which is the entire rise.
Japan's current conditions index rose 1.7 points to 45.7 in July, a third straight rise and still below the neutral 50. The Cabinet Office's outlook sentence now names the Kumamoto earthquake.
Lending by Japan's major, regional and shinkin banks rose 5.4 percent on the year in July, down from 5.7 percent in May and June. Foreign banks' yen lending in Japan rose 28.3 percent.
The Bank of Japan published the opinions from its July 30 and 31 meeting. One says the focus has moved from lifting inflation to preventing an overshoot, and another that hikes could run faster than markets expect.
Draft risk evaluations for o-dichlorobenzene and p-dichlorobenzene publish on Monday, with comments closing 9 October. The agency says no external peer review is needed because the methods were reviewed on other chemicals.
The International Trade Commission has scheduled the final phase of the truck bed cover investigations and set a hearing for 15 October. Commerce set preliminary subsidy rates from 8.72 to 100.95 percent.
China's consumer price index rose 0.5 percent on the year in July, down from 1.0 percent in June. The measure excluding food and energy eased only to 0.9 percent, and transport fuel fell from 15.3 percent to 0.8.
China's producer price index rose 3.5 percent on the year in July and fell 0.7 percent on the month. Coal mining accelerated to 27.1 percent while oil and gas extraction dropped from 16.8 percent to 3.2.
Commerce initiated antidumping investigations into welded stainless line and pressure pipe from three countries, plus subsidy cases against India and Türkiye. Alleged margins run as high as 187.33 percent.
Treasury welcomed new S&P Global reference prices for gallium, germanium, tungsten, antimony, neodymium and praseodymium. The trade framework they would feed sets mineral-specific price floors enforced at the border.
CMS proposes the RAPID pathway, under which a proposed national coverage determination posts the same day a device is authorised. TCET closes to new candidates on publication, 11 August.
Three plans of action under section 708 of the Defense Production Act cover uranium mining, conversion, enrichment and reactor components. Eleven companies are named as committing uranium data.
A supplemental proposal would strip disparate impact language from HUD's Title VI regulations at 24 CFR 1.4. Unlike Treasury's version, this one runs through notice and comment.
Nonfarm payroll employment fell 23,000 in July and the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent. Revisions cut the published May and June estimates by a combined 103,000.
Accommodation and food services fell 1.0 percent on the month and 1.8 percent on the year, while every other service industry grew. Denmark was down 14.0 percent against May 2025.
Exports reached 139.3bn euros on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, above the September 2022 record. America stayed the largest single destination while taking 14.2 percent less than in May.
The Section 232 action sets minimum import prices of $21 a kilogram for polysilicon and $0.38 a watt for solar modules, and adds a 15 percent duty on derivatives. Both start on 4 December.
Seasonally adjusted initial claims were 199,000 in the week ending 1 August, up 1,000 on a revised 198,000. Continuing claims rose 24,000 to 1,801,000 while the unadjusted count fell.
The Administration for Children and Families proposes rescinding the Head Start Program Performance Standards and replacing them with a shorter set. Comments close 60 days after publication.
The Bank of Korea put June goods exports at $112.37bn, up 84.5 percent on a year earlier, and the current account surplus at $49.73bn. Foreign portfolio investment in Korean equities recorded minus $31.61bn.
Prices excluding energy rose 0.2 percent on the month and 3.0 percent on the year. Energy fell 1.5 percent in June and remains 8.8 percent higher than a year earlier.
The HSBC India Services PMI business activity index dropped 4.1 points in July. New business grew at the slowest pace since February 2022, and only Finance and Insurance accelerated.
The services business activity index rose to 52.1 from 48.8, the first reading above 50.0 since April. Employment fell again, matching the runs seen after the dotcom bubble and in the financial crisis.
Commerce preliminarily found critical circumstances for PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia and for all other Indonesian producers, but not for PT Musim Mas. Cash deposits apply 90 days before the July determination.
The services business activity index fell to 51.2 from 52.2 in June. Input cost growth held close to June's four-year record, and hiring slowed to a marginal pace.
The composite output index rose to 52.0 from 50.0, and services returned to growth at 51.7 from 49.4. Responses were collected between 9 and 28 July.
The Surface Transportation Board decided the motion on 31 July and its order takes effect today. It covers spent nuclear fuel, empty casks and escort cars on CSX lines, and nobody filed a comment on it.
A proposed rule published on Wednesday would drop the two named pests for a general quarantine-pest test, and let import conditions change by notice instead of rulemaking. Comments close 60 days after publication.
Minutes of the June meeting show Governor Ueda Kazuo was absent and did not vote. The rate went to around 1.0 percent by 7 votes to 1, and a rival bond plan lost 1 to 7.
A notice filed on Tuesday announces the intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement of up to $150m to Burke Law Group of Houston, running from 15 August 2026 to 14 August 2027.
Japan's June preliminary wage data put average monthly cash earnings at 531,677 yen, up 3.4 percent. Real wages rose 1.6 percent against one price index and 1.7 percent against the other.
A temporary final rule filed Tuesday requires 100 percent of monthly sales of black mass and tungsten waste and scrap to go to United States persons, starting 21 days after publication.
A notice filed on Tuesday records one full exemption, two half exemptions and three petitions found ineligible, across four refineries and the 2023 and 2024 compliance years.
A Transportation Department notice filed on Tuesday morning lifts the aggregate cap from $322,864,228, effective 30 days after publication. The five-year index step had to skip October 2025 and use November.
Imports fell $7.3bn in June and exports fell $2.9bn, which is why the monthly gap narrowed. The three-month average deficit went the other way, up $5.6bn to $68.5bn.
Most of the 14 would draw 25 percent. Filled propane and oxygen cylinders would draw 50 percent on the metal but not on the contents, and agricultural trailers 15 percent.
The safeguard runs to August 2030 on a first-year quota of 13,006,426 square metres, and the exclusion list takes in Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Australia and about a hundred developing countries.
Household spending rose 0.8 percent in June after 1.2 percent in May and a 1.0 percent fall in April. Transport rose 3.0 percent and led every other category.
A Bank of Japan review estimates the reductions in its government bond purchases have added about 25 basis points to long-term yields since summer 2024. Ten year yields are in the upper 2 percent range.
The economy statement Treasury published on Monday puts AI-driven investment at close to 30 percent of GDP growth through 2025, and says the trend continued through the first half of 2026.
Treasury expects to borrow $739bn of privately held net marketable debt between July and September, $68bn more than it estimated in May. It puts the October to December quarter at $628bn.
The monetary base averaged 554.9 trillion yen in July, down 13.8 percent on the year. Current account balances at the central bank fell 16.6 percent and banknotes in circulation fell 1.9 percent.
The consumer price index fell 0.2 percent on the month and rose 2.8 percent on the year, down from 3.2 percent in June. The core index rose to 2.6 percent, the highest in the thirteen months the release prints.
A presidential permit dated 30 July authorises Cameron County, Texas, to own, operate and maintain the Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge. The statute it cites deems such a permit granted if the President does not act in time.
Construction spending ran at $2,166.5bn a year in June, 3.2 percent below June 2025. Manufacturing plant supplied $46.9bn of the $71.2bn decline. Office construction is the largest gainer, up 12.5 percent.
A presidential determination signed 30 July makes the two findings the Defense Production Act requires before section 101 may reach a civilian market, and applies them to scrap containing critical minerals.
Manac of Canada was assessed 4.29 percent and Mexico's all-others rate came out at 8.72 percent. Seven producers that did not return a quantity and value questionnaire drew adverse rates instead.
Tyson's beef sales fell to $5,391m in the quarter ended 27 June, on volume down 15.9 percent and average price up 12.1 percent. The company guides the segment to an adjusted full year loss of $500m to $650m.
The S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI read 51.9 in July, down from 52.5 and the lowest in four months. Output growth was the fastest in almost two years, and backlogs rose for the first time since April 2022.
The headline index reached 51.9 from 51.4 in June, and the output component hit a 52-month high. Backlogs of work fell at the fastest rate since January, and factory employment declined again.
The full text of the July Outlook Report went out at 2 p.m. Tokyo time. A box built on vessel tracking data puts Middle Eastern crude above 90 percent of Japanese imports before the conflict.
The headline index was 54.5, down from 54.8 in June and a seventh straight month of improvement. Output rose at the sharpest pace in nearly twelve and a half years.
The headline index eased to 50.9 in July from 51.7, a four month low and an eighth month above 50. The official manufacturing PMI for the same month was 49.2.
The Korea Customs Service counted 19,746 first-time exporters in 2025, up 3.7 percent and the most since 2020. They were 19.4 percent of all exporting companies and 1.0 percent of export value.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Monday that Japan's Ministry of Finance purchased yen in coordination with the United States Treasury on Friday 31 July. The statement carries no amount.
The industry ministry put July exports at $98.89bn, up 62.8 percent, with semiconductors at $41.01bn. Nineteen of the 20 headline product lines rose. The trade surplus was $30.32bn.
Seven OPEC+ countries met by video on 2 August and set a 188,000 barrel a day increase for September, the same figure as the previous three months. The release drops the flexibility language.
The International Trade Commission has instituted third five-year reviews of the 2010 duty orders on a class of Chinese steel pipe. Responses are due 2 September, and the notice records both earlier reviews as expedited.
FDA is reopening for 60 more days a comment period that closed on 6 July, on a proposed rule removing the term gender from 34 provisions of Title 21. It scores the change at zero.
The Ministry of Finance published a total of zero yen for intervention operations between 29 June and 29 July. Kyodo News reports authorities stepped in on 30 and 31 July, after the window shut.
Commerce determined that thermal paper from Germany was not sold below normal value from November 2023 to October 2024, setting Koehler at 0.00 percent and two non-examined companies at 0.76 percent.
A final rule removes six sections from the Family Violence Prevention and Services regulations, including the one on hotline grants. Sixty comments arrived and most opposed the change.
A HUD notice cancels the Selected Mobility-Related Services arm of the Community Choice Demonstration, ends study enrollment on 30 June 2026, and reallocates about $7.4m of recaptured service funding.
OPM filed a final rule moving appeals of suitability actions from the MSPB to itself. It drew 343 comments, added procedural safeguards to the proposal, and bars judicial review of the outcome.
CMS finalised the FY 2027 payment rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and rewrote the therapy deadline to cover all required therapies, not one. Payments rise 2.3 percent, worth about $340m.
MSHA reopened the record on two 2025 proposals that would strip district managers of the power to require extra measures in underground coal mine roof control and ventilation plans. Hearings are set for September.
OPM filed a final rule creating an appeal for federal employees terminated during a probationary or trial period. Three grounds are appealable, the employee has 30 days to file, and OPM decides rather than the MSPB.
A final rule filed on Friday rescinds the parts of Treasury's Title VI regulations that reach conduct with a discriminatory effect. It takes effect on publication, issued without notice and comment under a statutory exception.
CMS finalised the FY 2027 inpatient payment update at 2.3 percent after proposing 2.4, because the productivity adjustment moved from 0.8 to 0.9 on newer forecast data. Acute care hospitals gain $2.9bn.
CMS finalised the FY 2027 hospice payment update at 2.3 percent, worth $755m, lifted the aggregate cap to $36,174.75, and confirmed it will publicly release a nine-metric hospice spending variation index.
A second OPM final rule filed on Friday replaces the Merit Systems Protection Board as the forum for reduction in force appeals. Of 1,252 comments, OPM writes that fewer than 1 percent were supportive, neutral or mixed.
OPM finalised its reduction in force rules on Friday. Retention standing is ranked first on performance credit, seven points for a Level 5 rating down to zero for Level 1 or 2, with length of service demoted to a tie-breaker.
The University of Michigan's final July index read 55.2, up 11.5 percent from June's 49.5 and the highest since February, though still 10.5 percent below a year ago.
Inflation-adjusted wages and salaries for private industry workers fell 0.4 percent in the year to June 2026, against a rise of 0.1 percent in the year to March. Benefits rose 0.2 percent in real terms.
Eurostat's flash estimate puts July inflation at 2.9 percent, after 2.8 percent in June. Energy is estimated at 10.0 percent, up from 8.5 percent, on a weight of 90.3 parts in 1,000.
The Policy Board voted 8 to 1 to keep the overnight call rate at around 1.0 percent. Its median core inflation forecast for fiscal 2026 fell to 2.5 percent from 2.8 percent in April.
Nationwide put annual growth at 1.8 percent in July against 2.2 percent in June, with the average price £277,542. Its own note on English Housing Survey data puts outright owners in place for almost 24 years.
Mining and manufacturing output rose 6.4 percent on May, with car production up 15.4 percent and semiconductors up 4.5 percent. Construction work completed remains 4.0 percent below a year earlier.
INSEE's provisional July index put annual consumer price inflation at 2.1 percent after 1.8 percent in June. On the harmonised measure the European Central Bank aggregates, it is 2.4 percent.
Japan's Statistics Bureau put the Tokyo ku-area index at 113.2 in July, up 2.0 percent on the year against 1.7 percent in June. Nursery fees took 0.46 points off.
The National Bureau of Statistics put the manufacturing PMI at 49.2 in July, down 1.1 points, and the non-manufacturing business activity index at 49.0. The composite output index was 49.3.
METI's preliminary index put June industrial production up 1.3 percent on the month, a third consecutive rise. Production machinery led at 7.6 percent while electronic parts and devices fell 6.3 percent.
The Statistics Bureau put June unemployment at 2.5 percent, unchanged on the month. Involuntary separations rose 60,000 from a year earlier while separations recorded as voluntary fell 40,000.
Seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance were 197,000 in the week ending 25 July, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised 188,000, the Employment and Training Administration reported at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday.
Personal income increased $54.9bn, or 0.2 percent at a monthly rate, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis release published at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, BEA 26-36.
Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026, according to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, release number BEA 26-35.
Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product rose 0.4 percent in the euro area and 0.5 percent in the European Union in the second quarter of 2026 against the first, according to the preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat on 30 July 2026 as release 2-30072026-AP.
German gross domestic product grew 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026 against the first, adjusted for price, seasonal and calendar variations, the Federal Statistical Office said in press release number 269 of 30 July 2026.
The Federal Reserve has published the transcript of Chairman Warsh's opening statement at the press conference following the July 28 to 29 FOMC meeting. It is marked preliminary and covers the opening statement only, not the questions.
The Cabinet Office published its mid-year projection for fiscal 2026 on July 30, cutting the forecast for real GDP growth to 0.9 percent from the 1.3 percent the Cabinet approved on January 23.
The Food and Drug Administration filed its prescription drug user fee rates for fiscal 2027 for public inspection on July 29, 2026, at 8:45 a.m., document 2026-15334, docket FDA-2026-N-0007, publishing July 30 and effective October 1, 2026.
The Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds target range at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent by a 9 to 3 vote, with Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan each preferring a quarter-point rise.
Electrolux Group's second-quarter report, published Wednesday morning in Stockholm, shows the two American tariff regimes pulling its North American business in opposite directions.
The Bank of Korea submitted a business report to the National Assembly's Finance and Economic Planning Committee on Wednesday, and Han Dong-hoon at the Seoul Economic Daily reports that a sentence carried in the equivalent report earlier this month is absent from it.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures the price level in the Naples metro area at 103.2 for 2024, meaning prices are 3.2 percent above the national average. Goods, utilities and non-housing services are all cheaper than the national average there. Housing is 29.4 percent dearer, and housing is the whole of the difference.
A notice signed July 28, 2026 and filed for public inspection at 11:15 that morning continues for one year the national emergency with respect to Brazil that was declared in Executive Order 14323 of July 30, 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
The National Marine Fisheries Service filed an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for public inspection on July 28, 2026, opening a comprehensive review of the fish and fish product import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection filed a general notice for public inspection on July 28, 2026, extending the Air Declaration Zone Test through October 16, 2028.
The International Trade Administration published the antidumping duty order on certain monomers and oligomers from the Republic of Korea in the Federal Register on July 28, 2026, case A-580-921, document 2026-15220, at 91 FR 47214, applicable the same day.
The International Trade Administration filed its Engine Offset Process notice for public inspection at 8:45 a.m. eastern time on July 28, 2026, document 2026-15280, docket 260720-0174, RIN 0625-XC060, for publication on July 29.
The Conference Board published the July 2026 Consumer Confidence Index at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on July 28. The headline index fell 1.4 points to 90.8 on a 1985 base of 100, from an upwardly revised 92.2 in June.
S&P Dow Jones Indices released the May 2026 results for the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on July 28. The U.S. National Home Price NSA Index posted a 1.1 percent annual gain, up from 0.9 percent the previous month.
The U.S. Census Bureau released the Monthly Advance Economic Indicators Report for June 2026 at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on July 28, release number CB26-124.
The Department of Energy published a notice extending the comment period on its proposed revision of the Process Rule, the methodology that governs how the department sets energy conservation standards and test procedures for consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative filed its notice of action in the 60 Section 301 investigations into forced-labor import enforcement on July 27, 2026, for publication the following day, under docket numbers USTR-2026-0265 and USTR-2026-0266.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published the July Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey on July 27, 2026. The production index rose six points to 10.1 and the new orders index rose to 6.4 from 2.3.
The US Census Bureau released the advance report on durable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders for June 2026 at 8:30 a.m. EDT on July 27, release number CB 26-117.
John Healey was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 20 July 2026, according to his GOV.UK ministerial record, having been Secretary of State for Defence from 5 July 2024 to 11 June 2026.
AAA put the national average price of regular gasoline at $4.111 on July 25, up 11.9 cents in a week and 95 cents in a year. Diesel stood at $5.278.
The European Commission fined Google €460 million and €430 million for Digital Markets Act breaches, and President Trump wrote that a trade investigation of the European Union would begin immediately. No initiating notice has been published.
A presidential memorandum dated July 23, 2026 imposes new tariffs on goods from 60 economies under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported on July 24 that sales of new single-family houses ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000 in June 2026.
Robert Half reported second-quarter revenue of $1.336bn against $1.370bn a year earlier, down 2 percent as reported and 3 percent on the company's adjusted basis.
S&P Global reported on July 24 that its flash Eurozone Composite PMI Output Index rose to 51.9 in July, from a reading of 50.0 in June, a five-month high and the first expansion in private-sector activity in four months.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported on July 24 that consumer prices rose 1.7 percent in the year to June, up from 1.5 percent in May.
The Office for National Statistics reported on July 24 that retail sales volumes in Great Britain rose 1.0 percent in June, following a 1.2 percent rise in May.
Foreign investors held $9.37tn of US Treasury securities in May, the most ever in dollars. It was also 23.9 percent of the total debt, down from a share near a third a decade ago. The debt has grown faster than the world's appetite for it, and the buyers who are left are increasingly private, not central banks.
The European Central Bank held its three key interest rates on July 23, leaving the deposit facility rate at 2.25 percent, the main refinancing rate at 2.40 percent and the marginal lending rate at 2.65 percent.
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to a seasonally adjusted 187,000 in the week ending July 18, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level of 209,000, the Labor Department reported on July 23.
The Treasury Department delivered its semiannual report on the macroeconomic and foreign exchange policies of major US trading partners to Congress on July 23, concluding that no major trading partner manipulated its currency against the dollar during the four quarters through December 2025.
The Energy Information Administration reported on July 22 that US commercial crude oil inventories, which exclude the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rose 2.0 million barrels in the week ending July 17, to 411.7 million barrels.
Japan's Ministry of Finance reported on July 22 that the country ran a merchandise trade deficit of 406.9bn yen in June 2026, reversing a 122.3bn yen surplus a year earlier.
The Office for National Statistics reported on July 22 that UK consumer price inflation eased to 2.6 percent in the year to June 2026, from 2.8 percent in May.
President Trump signed three proclamations on July 20 imposing an additional 50 percent tariff on certain goods of Canada under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, effective 30 days after signing.
The Office for National Statistics reported on July 21 that UK public sector net borrowing, excluding public sector banks, was £16.0bn in June 2026, £7.9bn (33.1 percent) less than in June 2025 and £0.3bn below the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast for the month.
The government paid $970bn in net interest in fiscal 2025 against $5.23tn in receipts. That is the honest figure, and it is why you have seen the same statistic quoted as anything from 14 percent to a third. Every version is arithmetic on a different denominator.
Statistics Canada reported on July 20 that the Consumer Price Index rose 2.8 percent year over year in June, down from 3.2 percent in May, with a smaller annual rise in gasoline prices driving the deceleration.
China left its benchmark loan prime rates unchanged on July 20, the fourteenth consecutive monthly fixing to hold since the last cut in May 2025.
The Conference Board reported on July 20 that its Leading Economic Index for the United States fell 0.2 percent in June to 99.1, on a 2016 base of 100, after a 0.1 percent rise in May.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative will impose an additional 25 percent duty on goods of Brazil entered for consumption on or after 12:01 eastern time on July 22, closing a Section 301 investigation opened in July 2025.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released draft guidance on manufacturer effectuation of the maximum fair price in 2028 under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, and opened a comment period closing September 18.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's headline activity index rose 19 points to 8.7, up from minus 10.3 in June and the highest reading since 2022.
The University of Michigan index climbed 9.9 percent from June's 49.5 to its highest since February, though it remains 11.8 percent below a year ago. Year-ahead inflation expectations eased to 4.2 percent.
Privately-owned starts ran at a 1,427,000 annual rate, up from a revised 1,199,000, but single-family starts slipped 0.2 percent and building permits fell 3.0 percent to 1,367,000.
The all-commodities import price index reached 150.8 from 140.8 a year earlier. The index excludes import duties, so the rise reflects underlying prices for foreign goods rather than tariffs.
Manufacturing was unchanged, mining and utilities each rose 0.4 percent, and capacity utilization held at 76.1 percent, below its long-run average.
Initial claims dropped 8,000 in the week ending July 11 to 208,000, the four-week average eased to 214,250, and the insured unemployment rate held at 1.2 percent.
Advance retail and food services sales were $768.6 billion, up 0.2 percent from May and 6.7 percent from a year earlier, with a margin of error that includes zero.
The current general activity index rose 31 points to 41.4, its highest reading since November 2021, with new orders at 37.0 and shipments at 33.7.
Annual CPI inflation slowed to 3.5 percent, from 4.2 percent in May. Core CPI was flat on the month.
The Fed named 15 outside co-leads across task forces on communications, the balance sheet, data, jobs and inflation.
Interest cost $857bn in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, up 13 percent, as the deficit neared $1.4tn.
The Fund said global disinflation has stalled and assumes Hormuz shipping normalises from mid-July.
Sales ran at a 4.09 million annual rate. It was the 36th straight month of year-over-year price gains.
The 12-0 hold at 3.5 to 3.75 percent concealed a committee split on where rates should sit in December.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent as participation dropped 0.3 points, to 61.5 percent.
The gap rose $23.0bn from a revised $54.6bn in April. Capital goods imports reached $127.9bn.
M2 ran 4.7 percent higher in the first five months of 2026 than a year earlier, closer to the range seen in the 2010s.
Revolving credit fell at a 4.7 percent annual rate. Total consumer credit was unchanged, at $5,154.5bn.
The NFIB index gained 2.1 points from 95.3 in May. Inflation is now the top problem for 21 percent of owners.
Cooler June inflation cut one 2027 estimate to 3.7 percent, from 4.7 percent a month earlier.
In his first testimony as Fed chairman, Warsh gave no rate signal. The target range stands at 3.5 to 3.75 percent.
The producer price index declined against a consensus for no change. Annual PPI ran at 5.5 percent.
Interest is said to be eating more of federal revenue than ever. It depends on two arbitrary choices. Change either and the record goes away.
Joint CPI and PPI declines are ordinary. Every previous one arrived with inflation at or below 2.2 percent. This one arrived at 3.5.
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