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US consumer prices didn’t change much year-over-year. (Gas prices are another matter entirely.)

Brazilian retail sales growth hasn’t slumped this badly in more than a decade.

UK retail sales growth is losing steam, too.

Same thing with UK house prices.

In the US, it seems like more houses are on the way.

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The euro zone’s trade surplus keeps getting bigger.

Japan’s trade deficit is quietly expanding again.

India’s trade deficit shrank a little.