Overall inflation slowed in September from a year earlier, though some signs of stubbornness lingered under the surface.
U.S. wholesale inventories fell more than initially thought in September amid a sharp decline in motor vehicle stocks.
Italian retail sales rose 1.2% in September from the month before, data showed on Friday, following a 0.3% fall in August.
The core personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE), which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 2.7% in September versus a year earlier. That was ahead of economists’ forecast ...