LONDON—Bets on a screeching slowdown in U.S. inflation data later saw traders shove the dollar to a 2-month low on Wednesday and push stocks up and bond market borrowing costs down for a third day running. Economists polled by Reuters expect to see June U.S. consumer price inflation slow to 3.1 percent from 4 percent…

BEIJING—Global stock markets rose Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update traders hope will show the need for more interest rate hikes is easing. Paris, Shanghai, Frankfurt, and Tokyo advanced. Wall Street futures were little-changed. Oil prices rose. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.2 percent on Monday following its second weekly decline in…

LONDON/SYDNEY—Global stocks took a breath on Monday after a surprisingly low reading on Chinese inflation and ahead of data on U.S. inflation and corporate earnings later in the week. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1 percent by 0840 GMT while US stock S&P futures declined 0.2 percent and Nasdaq futures fell by 0.3 percent….