Economic Indicators

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

2Q GDP may show the US economy is turning a corner.

The European Central Bank is stressing that interest rates will stay low well into next year even as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep raising rates in coming months.

Ambassadors from the United States and China have exchanged barbs at the World Trade Organization over the countries' simmering trade dispute.

Tensions between the U.S. and the European Union over a possible automotive trade war have eased with officials agreeing to hold off on new tariffs and instead engage in talks to break down trade barriers.

The Latest on trade talks between the United States and the European Union (all times local): 8:50 a.m.

The healthy increase in durable goods orders points to robust growth in the April-June quarter.

The Latest on the European Central Bank's monetary policy meeting (all times local): 2:45 p.m.

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged fellow leaders of the BRICS emerging economies to "reject protectionism outright" on Thursday during their annual summit in which the United States is being criticized for escalating tariffs on foreign goods.

European Central Bank keeps its key interest rates, stimulus settings on hold.

China's commerce ministry denied Thursday that its tariff dispute with Washington was the reason for a lengthy anti-monopoly review that prompted U.S. tech giant Qualcomm Inc. to drop its bid for NXP Semiconductors.

Asian shares are mostly lower after President Donald Trump agreed with the EU to hold off on new tariffs.

Germany's foreign minister welcomes an agreement to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union, which he says show that "the answer to America First can only be: Europe United."

German automaker Daimler AG says its net profit fell 27 percent in the second quarter to 1.8 billion euros, from 2.5 billion euros a year earlier.

The ECB promised record low interest rates at least through next summer.

Steelworkers in Granite City, Illinois, threw a street party — complete with hot dogs, cold beer and a singer in red, white and blue — when U.S. Steel announced earlier this year it was bringing hundreds of laid-off employees back to work at the local mill.

Marsha Blackburn is supposed to do well among Tennessee's hog farmers and whiskey makers.

Russian hackers who penetrated hundreds of U.S. utilities, manufacturing plants and other facilities last year gained access by using the most conventional of phishing tools, tricking staffers into entering passwords, officials say.

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix says its quarterly net profit surged 75 percent to a record high.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the country will soon have new money with five fewer zeros in a battle against runaway inflation.