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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
After talks in Hong Kong, APEC finance ministers said persistent global imbalances pose risks to growth and stability and called for stronger cooperation.
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18 stories in this desk.Nigeria’s National Economic Council endorsed a 90-day action plan focused on food affordability, investment and project delivery, but public accounts give few implementation details.
Kristalina Georgieva urged governments to address heavy debt, inequality and financial-stability risks before next week’s IMF–World Bank meetings.
The World Bank says strong domestic demand is helping South Asia withstand global shocks, while energy, weather and financial-market risks remain.
The U.S. economy expanded at a 1.5% annual rate in the second quarter, down from 2.1% in the first, while consumer spending and private domestic demand strengthened.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released annual 2025 state estimates and revised monthly data, offering a more detailed view of where employers were hiring and workers were leaving jobs.
Full-time wage and salary workers earned a median $1,251 per week, up 4.6 percent from a year earlier compared with a 3.9 percent increase in consumer prices.
Three proclamations target certain Canadian autos, alcoholic beverages and dairy products beginning August 19.
AAA’s daily national average reached $4.003 on July 20, extending a rapid rise tied to renewed instability around the Strait of Hormuz.
The University of Michigan's preliminary July index rose to a five-month high of 54.4, though most responses preceded renewed fighting with Iran and the latest rise in gasoline prices.
A final federal rule reduces the minimum soluble-solids level and allows a limited share of mandarin or tangerine juice in products sold as pasteurized orange juice.
June data show a third monthly decline in single-family starts and weaker permits, even as a surge in apartment projects lifted total housing starts.
Federal data show a fifth monthly gain in retail spending, although the increase was smaller than May's and the figures are not adjusted for inflation.
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