US hiring slowed sharply in June after three months of better-than-expected jobs reports, and investors scaled back bets on a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase this year.
Meantime, inflation in the euro zone fell by more than expected in June, as oil prices dropped to pre-war levels.
Over in Asia, Japan is close to its longest economic-growth streak since World War II, with demand for artificial intelligence-related products providing a key boost for exports.
Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy, markets and geopolitics:
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