Economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first night of the Republican National Convention kept its official focus on the economy Monday even after Saturday’s shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania in which former President Donald Trump was injured.Speakers argued that Trump would fix inflation and bring back prosperity simply by returning to the White House as president. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin lamented, “Tonight, America, the land of opportunity, just doesn’t feel like that anymore.”But Trump has released few hard numbers and no real policy language or legislative blueprints, and most of the...

This article is an onsite version of our Disrupted Times newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered three times a week. Explore all of our newsletters hereToday’s top storiesFor up-to-the-minute news updates, visit our live blogGood evening.As China’s leadership gathers for its quinquennial policy plenum, signs are flashing red over the country’s faltering economic growth and its impact on the population, piling pressure on policymakers to intervene.New GDP data this morning showed growth slowing in the second quarter to a weaker than expected 4.7 per cent as...