- From thehill.com|3 hr ago|7 comments
A government shutdown increasingly looks inevitable as GOP opponents of a stopgap in the Senate seek to drag out the process ahead of a midnight Sunday deadline. Opponents of the Senate stopgap, which is backed by leaders in both parties, are delaying a vote to give the House a chance to pass its own continuing resolution to fund government. Senate ...
- From statcan.gc.ca|5 hr ago|1 comment
Real gross domestic product (GDP) was essentially unchanged in July, following a 0.2% decline in June. Services-producing industries edged up 0.1% in the month, while goods-producing industries contracted 0.3%. Overall, 9 of 20 industrial sectors posted increases. The manufacturing sector (-1.5%) had the largest negative contribution in July, its largest ...