(Reuters) -Global equity funds logged their largest weekly inflows in six weeks in the week to August 13, lifted by a softer-than-expected U.S. inflation print and an extension of a tariff truce between the United States and China which boosted investor sentiment. Technology stocks drew strong interest, including Apple Inc which pledged new U.S. investments to avoid potential tariffs on...

07:37 AM EDT, 08/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US dollar fell against its major trading partners early Friday ahead of a busy data release schedule, beginning with retail sales and import and export price data for July and the New York Federal Reserve's Empire State manufacturing reading for August, all at 8:30 am ET. Industrial production data for July are...

Economist Paul Krugman sees a dangerous sidelining of inconvenient facts by President Donald Trump, with growing efforts to replace official statistics with narratives that align with political goals. From Jobs To Crime And Public Health In his newsletter on Thursday, Krugman linked two recent developments linked to the Trump administration that point to this. The First is the firing of...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory output growth slumped to an eight month low in July, while retail sales also slowed sharply, reinforcing the challenge confronting policymakers as they strive to shore up an economy in the face of soft demand at home and external risks. The underwhelming data, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday, come as Chinese...