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To say the least, it was an eventful summer in American politics. But with two months to go before the election, Kamala Harris is pulling slightly ahead of Donald Trump in the race for president.

After years of robust performance, Mexico’s economy is slowing. On September 2, the Banco de Mexico downgraded its gross domestic product forecasts for the fifth time this year.

The ASEAN nations have been effectively integrating themselves into the global value chain for semiconductors. Proof of this can be found via a potentially surprising correlation.

Revisions to past US jobs reports are stoking debate in the run-up to a potentially pivotal Fed meeting -- to say nothing of the presidential election. How strong has the seemingly resilient economy really been?

Ahead of the September 17-18 Federal Reserve meeting, where a rate cut is widely expected, we’ve taken a deep dive into JOLTS: the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

It's back to pre-pandemic normal for Singapore's finance companies after a period of stretched financial metrics.

Copper mining is Chile's most important industry. While this critical industrial metal is responsible for about a quarter of foreign direct investment in the country, FDI statistics are reported just once a year.

Electric vehicles may be key to the climate transition, but for now their production is complicated by international trade disputes. The EU recently unveiled a five-year tariff of up to 36% on Chinese-made electric vehicles.

The San Francisco Fed has a keen eye on the news: using technology, it measures the tone of financial and economic headlines via the Daily News Sentiment Index.

Japan's macroeconomic situation is a global outlier, confounding the traditional monetary-policy playbook: even as inflation eases, the nation's central bank has signaled that it would increase interest rates again if necessary.

CEIC’s latest US inflation nowcast focuses on the Federal Reserve chairman's preferred barometer of US price levels.