Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales, Trump-Xi Summit

Expect Electricity Prices To Rise Further, Analysts Warn By Robert Walton of UtilityDive, U.S. electricity prices have risen significantly in recent years, though “national trends mask stark differences” in state prices, according to an April 1 analysis by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and The Brattle Group. Whether you take a “crisis” or “more nuanced view” of the increases - the analysis offers both - one thing is likely, according to the report: “Record levels of [investor-owned utility] rate increase requests & regulatory approvals suggest additional near-term price increases absent policy/market actions.” There were...

The Trump administration is considering a plan to “punish” NATO countries that the president has deemed “unhelpful” to the US-Israeli war effort against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The potential plan would involve withdrawing US troops from those NATO countries and placing them in the territory of other allies that the administration […]

France Recorded 5,000 Excess Deaths During Heat Wave: Officials Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, France recorded more than 5,000 more deaths than normal during a heat wave that started on June 17, the country's public health agency said on July 22. Children cool off under a misting system on the Champs Elysees during a severe heat wave in Paris, France, on July 14, 2026.Djoudi Hamani / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images Public Health France estimated that 5,764 excess deaths from all causes occurred from June 17 to July...