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German Inflation Unexpectedly Slows in June

Germany’s consumer price inflation eased to 2.3% year-over-year in June 2026, down from 2.6% in May and slightly below market expectations of 2.6%, according to preliminary data.This is the lowest rate since February, prior to the Iran war disrupting energy supplies and driving oil prices higher.Go…

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India's July monsoon rain likely below average after fifth-driest June

India is likely to receive below-average monsoon rainfall in July after logging its fifth-driest June since records began in 1901, the weather department said on Tuesday, raising concerns over farm output and economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy.July monsoon rainfall is forecast to be be…

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German inflation at 2.4% in June

German inflation stood at 2.4% in June, preliminary data from the national statistics office showed on Tuesday.Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the EU-harmonised consumer price index to come in at 2.5%.

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Poland's Q1 current account revised to €951 million surplus

Poland's central bank revised the current account balance in the first quarter to a surplus of €951 million ($1.08 billion) from a deficit of €215 million indicated by preliminary monthly data, the bank said on Tuesday.($1 = 0.8778 euros)

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UC Berkeley SkyDeck Expands Japan Initiatives; Appoints Japan Program Manager

Accelerator deepens Japan ties amid growing government investment in entrepreneurship and fresh signal of global VC confidence in the regionBERKELEY, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / UC Berkeley SkyDeck, UC Berkeley's flagship startup accelerator, today announced the expansion of its Japan-fo…

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New Pearson and AWS Research: The U.S. Helped Build the AI Economy. The Next Opportunity is Preparing Graduates to Thrive in it

HOBOKEN, N.J., June 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today released new research showing that while the United States is a leader in AI innovation, there is more opportunity to prepare students with the skills need…

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Only Fed gets to celebrate founding US principle

By Gabriel RubinPresident Donald Trump lost his campaign to conquer the Federal Reserve. As a consolation, the U.S. Supreme Court will let him gut the rest of the federal government.The nation’s top jurists made clear in the ruling that political meddling at the most important central bank in the w…

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Producer prices in Brazil fall 0.30% in May

BRASILIA, June 30 (Reuters) - Brazil’s producer price index (PPI) fell 0.30% in May, down from 2.62% in the previous month, statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday..(By Sao Paulo Newsroom; tel: +5511 56447500)

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UK government unveils £15bn hike in defence spending

Speaking at Malloy Aeronautics, outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer said the long-delayed defence investment plan (DIP) would prioritise the public’s security while "transforming our armed forces and giving them the funding and equipment they need to fight and defend our nation".He continued: "The…

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Yomiuri: Japan, India to Promote Ties in Key Areas

The Yomiuri ShimbunJapan and India will promote bilateral cooperation in five key sectors including semiconductors, critical minerals and clean energy, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from a draft joint declaration on economic security cooperation. The draft will be issued in conjunction with the s…

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Thermometers are the new economic forecasting tool

THERMOMETERS ARE THE NEW ECONOMIC FORECASTING TOOLIf you’re wondering what the economic outlook looks like, you could read research notes and look at projections. But a quick look at the weather app, or the thermometer in your garden, might also do the trick.“Thermometers, it turns out, have become…

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