Economic Indicators

As China's leaders gather for their annual Yellow Sea retreat, the country's political waters are looking choppy.

Russia typically brushes off new U.S. sanctions.

Walmart, Home Depot and Macy's report this week.

Asian stock prices sank Monday as Turkey's financial turmoil fueled fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets.

President Donald Trump is backing calls for a Harley-Davidson boycott amid an ongoing steel tariff dispute.

Turkey's president warns of drastic measures if businesses withdraw foreign currency from banks amid the country's ongoing currency crisis.

The company announced in June it would move production of bikes sold in Europe out of the U.S. as a result of the retaliatory steel tariffs imposed by the world’s largest trade bloc.

The Trump administration's tariffs have raised the cost of imported lumber, drywall, nails and other key construction materials.

The import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are boosting the cost of building a home by thousands of dollars, and that's adding to the challenges of people trying to rebuild from California's wildfire and other disasters.

Turkey's president is blaming the country's economic downturn on the United States and other nations that he claims are waging "war" against his country.

Spokane, Washington, has long been in Seattle' shadow.

The Turkish currency has plunged to an all-time low amid concerns over the president's economies policies persisted and as a dispute with the United States showed no sign of subsiding.

U.S. stocks are skidding Friday morning after a sharp drop in Europe as investors worried about the financial stability of Turkey.

Two unions representing about 1,000 Consolidated Communications workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have approved three-year contracts, their first under the Illinois-based company, officials said Friday.

The federal government recorded a $76.9 billion deficit in July, with increased government spending and tax cuts keeping the country on track to record its biggest annual deficit in six years.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has praised President Donald Trump's tough trade actions against China and says any efforts by Congress to block the president's use of tariffs would likely "not be achievable."

The Latest on Turkey's financial turmoil (all times local): 11:40 a.m.

Russia's prime minister has sternly warned the United States against ramping up sanctions, saying that Moscow will strike back with economic, political and unspecified "other" means.

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

Among the stories Friday from The Associated Press: FRIDAY FOR SATURDAY TOP STORIES: TURKEY-ECONOMY-THE LATEST — President Donald Trump says he's just authorized the doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs "with respect to Turkey."