Bloomberg German factory orders sank for a fifth month in June as rampant inflation and global supply disruptions continued to weigh on the outlook in Europe’s largest economy. Demand slipped 0.4% from May, driven by a decline in orders for investment goods, particularly from abroad. That brought annual number down 9%. Economists had predicted a drop of 0.9% on ...

  Bloomberg Toronto benchmark home prices fall for a fourth-straight month, a record-breaking streak of declines that some economists warn could become an historic downturn in Canada’s real estate market. The home-price index in Canada’s largest city declined 3.9% in July from the month earlier, bringing the total drop since April to 13.3%, according to data released on Thursday by ...

  Bloomberg US futures rise with stocks on Thursday as investors shrugged off growth warnings from the bond market. Oil bounced back from the lowest level in almost six months. Contracts on both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 pushed higher, suggesting the tech-heavy Nasdaq will extend an advance of 19% from its June 16 low. Gains in the ...