Retail unit sales in US for items such as laundry detergent, shampoo and diapers fell in the three months through July 10 compared to a year earliar.
California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the biggest US pension fund, lost 6.1% on its investments in the latest fiscal year.
Improving flow of products from around the world, goods flooded into the U.S. in first three months of this year at record $3.4 trillion annual pace.
Jerome Powell recently sold more than $1 million of municipal bonds issued by various entities across the US as tough new ethics rules took effect.