WASHINGTON(Reuters) -U.S. business inventories increased marginally in July amid a surge in sales, government data showed. Inventories rose 0.2% after advancing by the same margin in June, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Tuesday. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product and one of the most volatile. They increased 1.5% year-on-year. Inventories decreased at a $32.9 billion...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. import prices unexpectedly rose in August, boosted by strong increases in the costs of capital and consumer goods, suggesting domestic inflation was poised to accelerate in the coming months. Import prices increased 0.3% last month after a downwardly revised 0.2% rebound in July, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. factory production unexpectedly increased in August amid a rebound in the output of motor vehicles and some nondurable goods, though tariffs continued to cast a shadow over the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing output rose 0.2% last month after a downwardly revised 0.1% fall in July, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast production...

12:40 PM EDT, 09/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US homebuilder confidence held steady this month, though future sales projections reached a six-month high amid lower mortgage rates and prospects of monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve, according to National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo data released Tuesday. The housing market index, which covers new single-family homes, remained unchanged...