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S&P 500 Closes at Record High After Soft Employment Data...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high after data sh...

Weak July Jobs Report Prompts Markets to Recalibrate Rate Outlook...
WASHINGTON — U.S. financial markets have sharply reduced expectations for a Federal Reserve intere...

Oil Markets React to Ongoing Strait of Hormuz Negotiations...
LONDON — Oil prices were little changed on Monday as markets weighed prospects for an agreement to...

China Producer Prices Ease While Export Strength Continues...
BEIJING — China’s producer price inflation eased more than expected in July, while exports maint...

US Oil Reserve Falls Below 300 Million Barrels...
WASHINGTON — U.S. crude oil stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell below 300 million barre...

China Producer Prices Ease While Export Strength Continues...
BEIJING — China’s producer price inflation eased more than expected in July, while exports maintained rapid growth, ...

US Oil Reserve Falls Below 300 Million Barrels...
WASHINGTON — U.S. crude oil stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell below 300 million barrels last week, reachi...

US Core Inflation Data Keeps Federal Reserve Rate Options Open...
WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation data due this week is set to help determine whether the Federal Reserve keeps interest rat...

German Industrial Production Shows Unexpected Resilience...
BERLIN — German industrial production rose unexpectedly in June, extending a run of gains that points to some resilien...

US Trade Deficit Narrows in Latest Commerce Department Data...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in June as imports fell more sharply than exports, according to Commerce ...

Oil Markets React to Ongoing Strait of Hormuz Negotiations...
LONDON — Oil prices were little changed on Monday as markets weighed prospects for an agreement to reopen the Strait o...

S&P 500 Closes at Record High After Soft Employment Data...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high after data showed the economy une...

Weak July Jobs Report Prompts Markets to Recalibrate Rate Outlook...
WASHINGTON — U.S. financial markets have sharply reduced expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase nex...

Oil Rises as Iran Holds Strait of Hormuz Closed...
SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose on Monday as uncertainty over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz persisted after Iran s...