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Economic Roundup: Awaiting More December Data Wednesday will bring U.S. GDP growth in the fourth quarter into clearer view. LatAm Daily Briefing: Argentine Peso Weakens Amid Worsening Inflation Outlook Confidence in the peso falls as inflation rises. Europe Daily Briefing: ZEW Recovers in January This was the first positive reading in nearly a year, but it still disappoints. Inside Economics Podcast: Episode 94—Debt Ceiling Inflation is clearly softening across the board. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
U.S. Chartbook: Meaningful Progress December’s CPI report confirmed an ongoing easing of inflation. U.S. Used-Vehicle Price Report: Still Falling Wholesale price declines will continue into 2023 as new-vehicle production grows. Yield-Curve Control: A Long Goodbye YCC seems destined to come to a messy end in Japan; it need not. U.S. Weekly Highlights and Preview, January 13, 2023 The labor market remains resilient but is slowly moderating. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Germany
Consumer Price Index
Dec. 2022: 8.6% y/y
Germany’s year-on-year CPI inflation rate declined to 8.6% in December, from 10.0% in November. United Kingdom
Unemployment
Nov. 2022: 3.7%
The U.K. unemployment rate increased by 0.2% to 3.7% in the three months leading up to November from 3.5% in the previous three-month period from June to August. Italy
Consumer Price Index
Dec. 2022: 11.6% y/y
Final numbers confirm that Italian consumer price inflation cooled to 11.6% year over year in December, thanks to lower food and energy inflation. Ireland
Consumer Price Index
Dec. 2022: 8.2% y/y
Ireland’s consumer price inflation rate decelerated to 8.2% y/y in December from 8.9% in November. Canada
Housing Starts
Dec. 2022: 249 ths
Residential construction in Canada took a step back in December. Canada
Consumer Price Index
Dec. 2022: 6.3% y/y
A sharp drop in gasoline prices helped pull down top-line inflation but core measures of price appreciation remain sturdy. Canada
International Transactions in Securities
Nov. 2022: C$12.8 bil
Canadian investors ended their months' long divestment from foreign equities in November while foreign investors maintained a fairly consistent pace of acquisitions in Canadian securities. United States
NY Empire State Manufacturing Survey
Jan. 2023: -32.9
January's Empire State Manufacturing Survey surprised to the downside with the general business conditions index registering one of its worst readings ever. Peru
Unemployment
Dec. 2022: 7.1%
The job market in metropolitan Lima had a better showing in the October-to-December rolling period, but it is still far from full health. World
Moody's Analytics Survey of Business Confidence
January 13: 3.3
Global business sentiment remains positive, but barely so, consistent with a global economy that is skirting a recession. Colombia
Industrial Production
Nov. 2022: 4.5% y/y
Manufacturing output growth started to slow in late 2022 amid weakening domestic and external demand. United States
Cox Automotive/Moody’s Analytics Vehicle Affordability Index
Dec. 2022: 44.0 weeks, NSA
New-vehicle affordability declined sharply in December. Japan
Machinery Orders
Nov. 2022:
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Monetary Policy
Jan. 2023:
Malaysia
Foreign Trade
Dec. 2022:
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