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German recovery is on track, says economics ministry
German officials have confirmed that the country’s economic recovery is underway after industrial production passed its lowest point.
Chinese money supply growth dips in June, but economists confident
Money supply growth in China cooled last month but some economists were confident that it would prove temporary.
Drop in food costs weighs on US producer prices in June
Producer prices in the US continued retreating last month amid sharp drops in the cost of food and in retailers' margins.
US job openings comfortably ahead of forecasts in May, survey shows
Job openings in the US continued to recover in May but remained far below their year earlier levels, the results of a widely-followed survey revealed.
US non-farm payrolls jumped by 4.8m in June, beating forecasts
Hiring in the States continued to recover at a faster-than-expected clip last month, resulting in a sharp drop in unemployment, but analysts remained exceedingly cautious.
Weekly jobless claims come in ahead of forecasts
Weekly jobless claims in the States continued to drift lower last week, but only slightly once again and by less than economists had forecast.
Some on FOMC think US economy will need help 'for some time', minutes show
Policymakers at the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, believe that the economy may require government support for some time and are not yet convinced of the cost-benefit trade-off of using so-called yield curve control measures.
US manufacturing bouncing back but full recovery seen a ways off still
Manufacturing in the US picked up the tempo significantly last month, but economists were at pains to stress that it was doing so from still "very depressed" levels of activity.
US private payrolls grow 2.36m in June
US businesses continued to bring workers back from furlough throughout June as the country's economy attempted to slowly return to normal.