Treasury Proposes Low-Cost Investment Rules for Trump Accounts

The proposal would formalize a framework for eligible index funds, extending rules that cap fund fees at 0.1% and bar leverage during a child’s growth period.

The proposal would formalize a framework for eligible index funds, extending rules that cap fund fees at 0.1% and bar leverage during a child’s growth period.

Deere’s third-quarter net income rose 7% to $1.379 billion, but Production & Precision Agriculture sales fell 6% as demand for large farm machinery remained weak.

The Fed’s SouthPoint agreement tightens capital and cash-management oversight, while a separate 2017 Deutsche Bank foreign-exchange order has been terminated.

Building construction remained the main year-over-year weak spot, falling 6.5%, even as civil engineering and specialised activity were slightly higher.

U.S. working gas inventories rose by 16 Bcf to 3,169 Bcf in the week ended August 14, a much smaller increase than the prior week as regional draws offset gains in the East and Midwest.

Exports reached €817.8 billion in the first half of 2026, but faster import growth narrowed Germany’s trade surplus and China remained its largest trading partner.

The ONS has lifted its estimate of 2024 UK nominal GDP by 0.5% and raised the service sector’s share of gross value added to 81.2% after a major measurement overhaul.

Germany’s industrial producer prices rose 3.0% from a year earlier in July and 1.1% from June, with intermediate goods and energy driving the renewed acceleration in upstream costs.

Employment fell by 15,800 people and participation slipped to 66.9%, adding to signs of a gradual easing in Australia’s labour market.

Analog Devices’ fiscal third-quarter revenue rose 40% to a record $4.02 billion as data center and industrial demand led growth, while the chipmaker guided to a record $4.3 billion fourth quarter.