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Economic Roundup: Pandemic Keeps Businesses Down in the Dumps Global business sentiment should improve as we work our way through 2021. Europe Daily Briefing: German Industry Still Recovering German manufacturing faces a sluggish winter. Asia-Pacific Daily Briefing: Malaysia's Industrial Output on the Mend Restrictions will extend through the Lunar New Year, crushing domestic demand. Newly Rated Loans May Expand by 27% Annually in 2021 However, the projected annual growth to $525 billion might be overly cautious. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
U.S. Weekly Highlights and Preview, February 8, 2021 More fiscal support is on the way. U.S. Bank Deposits are Elevated, but Why? What made this recession peculiar is the sizable government support doled out quite early on, while lending and spending both remain moribund. Philippines Inflation Accelerates It is too soon to speak of stagflation. This Week in the COVID Crisis Why it’s important to go big. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Spain
Industrial Production
Dec. 2020: 1.1%
Spain’s industrial production increased in December by 1.1% m/m in seasonally adjusted terms. Germany
Industrial Production
Dec. 2020: 0%
Headline calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production held steady in monthly terms in December, following an upwardly revised expansion of 1.5% in November. Chile
Consumer Price Index
Jan. 2021: 3.12%
Chile’s inflation started the year with an upward trend as the economy recovers. Chile
Foreign Trade
Jan. 2021: US$1,739.8 mil
Chile’s foreign trade balance remained in surplus during January, coming in at $1.7 billion, in line with our above-consensus forecast. World
Moody's Analytics Survey of Business Confidence
February 05: -7.3
Global business sentiment remains in the doldrums, consistent with an economy that is struggling to avoid sliding back into recession. China
Foreign Trade
Jan. 2021:
United States
Semiconductor Billings
Dec. 2020: -0.6%
Global semiconductor sales ended the year with a whimper, declining 0.6% from their November level. This marks the first month-to-month decline in chip set sales since June 2020. China
Consumer Price Index
Jan. 2021:
China
Producer Price Index
Jan. 2021:
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