By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity grew steadily in February, but a gauge of ...

Core consumer inflation, which strips out more volatile categories such as food and energy, rose 0.4% in July, compared with the 0.6% growth seen in June. Despite the marginal improvement in July's ...

China’s consumer inflation remained tepid last month while factory-gate prices continued to fall, pointing to persistently lackluster demand despite Beijing’s efforts to juice up consumption. The ...