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Economic Roundup: Only Higher Mortgage Rates Can Cool U.S. Housing Market The risk is that house prices increase too quickly this year. Canada Weekly: Is the Price Right? Inflation in 2020 will end up at just 0.7%, the slowest year of price growth since 2009. COVID-19 Policy Tracker: ECB Holds Fast on Pandemic Approach Much of the euro zone remains in lockdown, but may need to extend stimulus soon. FOMC Preview: Monetary Policy on Autopilot for a While The only potential surprise next week could come from Jerome Powell’s post-meeting presser. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
Latin America Weekly Highlights and Preview: January 22, 2021 The recovery in Latin America remains a tale of three regions. Averting an Eviction Crisis Millions of Americans struggling with the economic fallout from the virus may soon face months of back rent that they can’t possibly afford. Europe Weekly Highlights and Preview, 22 January, 2021 German unemployment was likely unchanged in December, while joblessness likely rose in the U.K. Asia-Pacific Weekly Highlights and Preview: 22 January, 2021 Export revival drove South Korea's rebound. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
United Kingdom
Retail Sales
Dec. 2020: 0.3%
U.K. retail sales rose by 0.3% m/m in December after a downwardly revised 4.1% fall in November. Canada
Retail Trade
Nov. 2020: 1.3%
Canadian retail sales picked up the pace in November. United States
Moody’s Analytics & CNN Business Back-to-Normal Index
January 20: 81.9
The Moody’s Analytics & CNN Business Back-to-Normal Index inched up this week. United States
Existing-Home Sales
Dec. 2020: 6.76 mil
Existing-home sales rose 0.7% in December to 6.76 million units annualized, extending the upbeat trend that started in June and closing in on their highest level since spring 2006. United States
Natural Gas Storage Report
January 15: -187 bil cubic feet
The draw in natural gas inventories was greater than analyst predictions, indicating that this report will help support gas prices. United States
Oil Inventories
January 15: 486.6 mil barrels
An unexpected increase oil inventories will dent oil prices. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS | 
