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The average of household spending in Japan was down a seasonally adjusted 5.2 percent on month in June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications aid on Friday - coming in at 316,085 yen.

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Euro area households' inflation expectations for the short-term eased in June while they medium to longer term forecasts for price growth were unchanged, survey data from the European Central Bank showed on Tuesday.

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New residential construction in the U.S. rebounded by more than expected in the month of June, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Friday. The Commerce Department said housing starts surged by 4.6 percent to an annual rate of 1.321 million in June after plunging by 9.7 percent to a revised rate of 1.263 million in May.

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After reporting a substantial rebound by U.S. consumer sentiment in the previous month, the University of Michigan released a report on Friday showing a more modest improvement by consumer sentiment in the month of July. The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index climbed to 61.8 in July after surging to 60.7 in June. Economists had expected the index to rise to 61.5.

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Finland's unemployment rate among the 15-74 age groups rose to 10.5 percent in May from 10.2 percent in April. Further, this was the lowest jobless rate since May 2020, when it was 10.9 percent. The number of unemployed people rose to 308,000 in May from 288,000 in the previous month.

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