SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares inched up on Tuesday as traders awaited U.S. retail sales data and more corporate earnings to gauge the health of the world’s biggest economy, with markets remaining focused on a likely U.S. rate cut by the end of the month.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell for a second day on Tuesday as more production facilities returned to operation in the U.S. Gulf after Hurricane Barry swept through over the weekend, while Chinese economic data dimmed the outlook for crude demand.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar stayed on the defensive on Monday, pinned down by expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month, as traders in Asia waited for the latest update on the health of the world’s second largest economy.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started the week on a softer note on Monday after posting their first weekly decline since early June, while the dollar was on the defensive ahead of key economic data from China.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged down on Monday, dragged down by expectations that China, the world’s largest crude oil importer, will post its slowest pace of economic growth in at least 27 years as the Sino-U.S. trade war bites.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is expected to report on Monday that economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in at least 27 years in the second quarter, reinforcing the case for more stimulus as a bruising trade war with the United States drags on.