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Argentina's economic activity likely fell in June versus the same month a year earlier, analysts said, back in the red after a rare rise the month before amid tough austerity measures and cost-cutting under libertarian President Javier Milei. The median forecast from 16 analysts sees economic activity down 1.9% year-on-year in the sixth month of the year, dropping back from May's 2.3% rise, as growth in the grains and gas sectors is weighed down by weak consumption and construction. The president's cost-cutting agenda has helped achieve rare fiscal surpluses and has allowed the central bank to rebuild reserves, but the economy has suffered, with consumption, construction and manufacturing down sharply.

The SEC wants to issue its first licenses for digital service and tokenized assets as early as this month.

The SEC wants to issue its first licenses for digital service and tokenized assets as early as this month.

Avalanche surged 6% and NEAR posted a 4.6% increase as all but one asset recorded gains.

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The bank will start with tokenization and plans to offer digital asset custody once the U.S. regulatory environment improves.

Federal Reserve officials gathering at the annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week can take some satisfaction that the U.S. unemployment rate, at 4.3%, remains low by historical standards. But it usually is: The U.S. experience of unemployment since the late 1940s has involved jobless rates that far more often than not are below the 5.7% long-run average, until they rise fast and far above it, a phenomenon Fed officials are worried about repeating. The steady rise in the unemployment rate from 3.7% in January of 2023 to 4.3% as of July 2024 has also been accompanied by an increase of 1.2 million in the number of people looking for work - something that is usually considered a positive sign for the economy but that can cause the unemployment rate to rise.