US dollar advances on month-end demand; focus on economic data

The U.S. dollar gained on Wednesday due to month-end buying and technical factors after recent declines that pushed it to its weakest in more than a year, as traders awaited data that could dictate the pace of the Federal Reserve's imminent easing cycle. Sharp bouts of volatility hit foreign exchange markets this month as worries around a potential U.S. recession and hawkish signals from the Bank of Japan hammered the dollar and sent other major currencies soaring. Traders also awaited earnings from artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia, which has sparked a frenzy on Wall Street and beyond in recent years.

Pimco Sees Value in Local EM Debt as Fed to Spark Yield Hunt

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Russian economy shows solid growth despite Ukraine war sanctions

The Russian economy has shown solid growth in many sectors while unemployment remains at a record low, new data showed on Wednesday, prompting officials to hint at a brighter outlook for the year despite Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine. Driven by military production, industrial output rose by 3.3% in July compared with a 2.7% increase the previous month, and by 4.8% since the start of the year, compared with 3.1% growth in the same period in 2023. "Given such high results in the first half of the year, we expect even higher figures for the entire year of 2024 than we had initially projected in the economic forecast published in April," said Polina Kryuchkova, deputy economy minister.

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TuSimple plans to settle federal fraud lawsuit for $189M

While the company continues to deny any wrongdoing, TuSimple has filed to settle its federal fraud case. The post TuSimple plans to settle federal fraud lawsuit for $189M appeared first on FreightWaves.

American kids are losing fundamental skills—states should address this now before they lose billions in federal funding

Officials have the opportunity to use ESSER funding creatively to support students and families—but only if the states act before the Sept. 30 deadline.

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Ecopetrol Loses Two Board Members on Occidental Oil Deal Fallout

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