Economic Indicators

Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has quashed the approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast.

Trump informed House and Senate leaders in a letter sent Thursday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Ghana during a three-nation West Africa visit aimed at boosting investment in a region that is a major source of migrants heading toward Europe.

An Ohio-based energy company said Wednesday it is closing its last coal-fired power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania, a move decried by the coal industry and called inevitable by environmentalists.

Stocks are near record highs as Wall Street grows more optimistic about trade tensions easing, but investors should watch out because September is historically the worst month of the year for stocks.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

U.S. stocks are dipping Thursday morning after a four-day rally brought major indexes to record highs.

Canada's top trade negotiator says she's "encouraged" by urgent discussions that are intended to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The European Union's top trade official says the bloc is in exploratory talks with the United States to see whether it would be possible to reach a limited trans-Atlantic agreement on the tariff of goods.

Leaders of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations are meeting in Nepal to discuss regional trade, economic cooperation, security and peace.

The labor shortage is deepening across the country, at firms of all sizes.

Nearly all of the currency removed from circulation in a surprise 2016 attempt to root out illegal hoards of cash came back into the financial system, India's reserve bank has announced, indicating the move did little to slow the underground economy.

The Turkish lira has further weakened against the dollar amid investors' move away from emerging markets and concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan economic policies.

US consumer spending up 0.4 percent while annual inflation rises 2.3 percent, highest in 6 years.

Strong consumer spending helped fire up economic growth in the second quarter.

Claims have now declined for three straight weeks.

The number of people without jobs in Germany dropped slightly in August as the labor market remained strong in Europe's largest economy.

China's government says it will make economic changes at its own pace regardless of U.S. pressure and that their spiraling dispute over technology can only be settled through talks as equals.

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as positive sentiment from U.S. economic data and the country's willingness to strike a trade deal with Canada was shaken by a weaker dollar.

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