AP - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with three-month bills rising to the highest level in more than two months while six-month bills were unchanged.

AP - America's factories saw demand for their products dip by a smaller-than-expected 0.5 percent in May, suggesting that despite some pockets of weakness the manufacturing revival remains intact.

AP - The number of newly laid off people signing up for jobless benefits went up last week but that didn't darken the big picture of a mostly healthy employment climate across the country.

Reuters - Employers added a stronger-than-expected 132,000 new jobs in June and also boosted payrolls more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.

Reuters - Japan's core private-sector machinery orders, a key gauge of corporate capital spending, rose 5.9 percent in May from the previous month, government data showed on Monday.

AP - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels since April.

AFP - The euro hit a record high of 1.3697 dollars on Tuesday, as investors snapped up the European single currency amid high eurozone interest rates and concerns over the US economy.

Reuters - China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, swelled to $1.33 trillion by the end of the first half on the back of massive trade flows that contributed to an acceleration in money supply growth in June.

Reuters - The trade deficit widened as expected in May, as higher oil prices helped lift imports to an all-time high, swamping a boost to exports from stronger overseas growth and a weaker dollar, a government report showed on Thursday.

AP - Consumers put away their wallets in June, sending retail sales crashing by the sharpest amount in nearly two years.

AFP - The euro neared a record dollar high while the British pound struck the highest level since 1981 against the struggling greenback amid ongoing concerns over the US economy, dealers said Monday.

AP - The U.S. technology industry imported more computers, high-tech components and consumer electronics in 2006 than it exported, resulting in a record $102 billion trade deficit in the sector, according to a new report due out Tuesday.

AFP - The housing slump will drag on the US economy over 2007 and into 2008 but other sectors will keep growth "moderate," Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday.

AP - China's sizzling economy expanded by a stunning 11.9 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, the government said Thursday, and announced it would take new steps to cool the boom.

AP - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on six-month bills climbing to the highest level in four months.

AFP - The euro surged to another record against the dollar here Tuesday as the greenback continued to suffer from investor anxiety over the health of the US housing market and its effect on the broader economy.

AP - The economy registered modest growth in the early summer, considering how consumers and some businesses were buffeted by both high gasoline prices and the sour housing market.

AP - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods advanced in June by the largest amount in three months, reflecting a rebound in demand for airplanes.

AFP - The US economy accelerated to a 3.4 percent growth rate in the second quarter, the government reported Friday, but analysts said the pace may not be sustained over the rest of the year.

AP - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction.

AP - Japan's jobless rate fell to its lowest in more than nine years and household spending inched up in June, the government said Tuesday, a pair of numbers that could help the Bank of Japan make the case for raising interest rates next month.