The increase was during a special enrollment period; investors group offers blueprint to gauge oil giants’ climate pledges; August manufacturing production slows to 0.2% gain; August import prices decline by 0.3%

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Nearly 3 million more people signed up for Obamacare coverage.
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That’s the total number of Americans who benefited from a special six-month enrollment period that ended in mid-August - according to President Biden. He announced today that more than 12 million people are now insured through the Affordable Care Act.

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A group of investors - that together manage some 10-trillion-dollars in assets - is offering a blueprint to assess climate pledges made by oil and gas companies - and whether they’ll reach net-zero carbon emissions by 20-50. The group includes the Church of England Pensions Board and HSBC Global Asset Management.

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The Federal Reserve says U-S manufacturing production slowed more than expected in August. Up just 2 tenths of a percent… compared to a more than one-and-a-half-percent rise in July.
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Meanwhile, the price of imported goods fell in August, by three-tenths of a percent. Fuel prices led the decline, which was the first since October of 20-20. Export prices rose 4-tenths of a percent in August.

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