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The Unemployment Rate stood at 4.6 percent in July after being at 4.9 percent in the previous month and below the analysts' expectations.

According to the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics the Consumer Price Index stood at 2 percent (Year-on-Year), lesser than expected.

Despite growing more than expected, Japan's economy has underperformed that of other advanced countries.

Apparently, inflation has been decelerating in certain sectors that previously contributed significantly to the rise of prices.

Oil futures gained ground yesterday after the markets learned that fuel demand is rising in the United States despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many link the current situation in the market to the fact that there are now more crypto advocates in the United States government who are willing to oppose the crypto tax provision in Biden's infrastructure bill.

This weakness is being linked to the spread of the Delta variant.

The Bank of England had to face the prospect of a strong overshoot of its inflation target over the near term in its monthly monetary policy statement and base rate decision today.

Oil futures fell yesterday, reflecting concerns regarding the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia recently decided to leave cash rates unchanged at 0.1%, in line with expectations.

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According to data released by both Caixin Global and IHS Markit, China's manufacturing sector activity fell to a 15-month low, despite expanding in the month of July.

Asian Stocks Recover; US Stocks Approaching Record Highs; Bitcoin Back Below $40k.