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Eurozone CPI drops below forecasts in August, rate futures steady
Inflation pressures in the single currency bloc ebbed in August, amid broad-based declines outside of processed food, alcohol and tobacco prices.
Argentina's central bank carries out emergency rate hike
Argentina's central bank has hiked its main policy rate from 45% to 60%.
Turkish lira lower on report central bank deputy governor set to leave
Turkey's currency, the lira, slid sharply lower in afternoon trading following a report that one of the top officials at the country's central bank's would soon announce his intention of leaving.
German CPI misses forecasts in July
German consumer prices for August printed below forecasts, possibly foreshadowing a lower-than-expected print on a reading on 'core' euro area inflation due the next day.
UK consumer credit slows sharply in July
Lending to both businesses and consumers slowed unexpectedly in July, although mortgage approvals were just a tad weaker than anticipated.
US pending home sales index for July misses forecasts
A widely-followed lead indicator of activity in the US housing market for the month of July undershot economists' forecasts on Wednesday.
US trade deficit unexpectedly widens in July
America's trade deficit in goods with the rest of the world widened last month, partly as the boost to exports from Chinese buyers trying to front-run their government's tariffs on US soybeans lapsed.
Euro area money supply growth slowed sharply in July, economists downbeat
Money supply growth in the single currency bloc slowed sharply last month, hinting at a looming slowdown in the economy, according to economists.
"No clear sign" inflation accelerating past 2.0%, Fed's Powell says
There are no clear signs that the rate of growth in inflation is set to accelerate past the US central bank's 2. 0% target, Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, said at the start of the Fed's annual Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole.
Inflation nowhere on the horizon, Fed's Bullard says
A top US central bank official said at the end of the week he did not see any excess inflation on the horizon for over the next two years.
US new home sales fall slightly short of forecasts in July
New home sales in the US fell short of forecasts in July amid a sharp increase in prices.
Bonds: Fed set to continue tightening gradually, minutes show
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
FOMC minutes point to September hike, possible pause
The minutes of the US central bank's last policy meeting released on Wednesday evening solidified market expectations for another 25 basis point interest rate hike come September, even while hinting at the possibility of a 'pause' thereafter should there be a "major escalation in trade disputes".
Three or four more rate hikes appropriate, shape of yield curve important, Fed's Kaplan says
A top US central bank official said on Tuesday that at least a near-term top in short-term interest rates may be somewhat nearer now, while also indicating that he would be concerned should the so-called Treasury yield curve 'invert'.
Bonds: Prices rally ahead of Fed Jackson Hole symposium
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
Bonds: Traders unfazed by weak data, wary of easing tensions in EM FX
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
US Philly Fed index slumps in August
Manufacturing activity in the US mid-Atlantic region slowed sharply in August, according to the results of one of the most widely-followed surveys for the sector.
Bonds: Italian yields blow-out
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
US import prices flat in July, despite higher fuel costs
Fuel costs continued to push US import price inflation higher last month.
US small business confidence near highest since 1983 in July, NFIB says
Small business confidence in the States jumped past forecasts in July, amid solid readings for the labour market and business investment and indications for stable prices going forward.