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U.S. Leading Economic Index Climbs Much More Than Expected In January

Indicating the current economic expansion will continue through the first half of 2020, the Conference Board released a report on Thursday showing a much bigger than expected increase by its reading on leading U.S. economic indicators. Read more...

Eurozone Current Account Surplus Grows

Euro area current account surolus grew in December after dropping in the previous month and the surplus for the full year 2019 was largely unchanged from a year ago, preliminary figures from the European Central Bank showed on Wednesday. The current account surplus rose to EUR 332.561 billion from... Read more...

Philly Fed Index Unexpectedly Jumps To Three-Year High In February

Partly reflecting a jump in demand, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released a report on Thursday unexpectedly showing another substantial acceleration in the pace of growth in Philadelphia-area manufacturing activity in the month of February. Read more...

U.S. / CANADA

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Show Modest Increase

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed a modest increase in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended February 15th. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims crept up to 210,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level of 206,000 Read more...

Philly Fed Index Unexpectedly Indicates Faster Growth In February

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Inch Up To 210,000

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed a modest increase in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended February 15th. Read more...

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EUROPE

UK Retail Sales Rebound In January

UK retail sales rose for the first time in three months in January and at a faster than expected pace, led by a strong demand for clothing and footwear and food. The volume of retail sales including auto fuel rose 0.9 percent month-on-month, which was greater than the 0.7 percent gain economists had... Read more...

Poland Industrial Production Rises; Producer Price Inflation Slows

Poland's industrial production rose unexpectedly in January, and producer price inflation slowed, figures from the Statistics Poland showed on Thursday. Industrial production rose 1.1 percent year-on-year in January. Economists had expected a 0.1 percent fall. Manufacturing output rose 1.9 percent... Read more...

France Inflation Steady As Estimated

France consumer prices remained stable in January as initially estimated, final data from the statistical office Insee showed on Thursday. The consumer price index rose 1.5 percent year-on-year in January, same as in December. This was in line with initial estimate. The stability in inflation... Read more...

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ASIA

Hong Kong Inflation Slows In January

Hong Kong's consumer price inflation eased for the fifth months in a row in January, data from the Census and Statistics Department showed on Thursday. The consumer price index rose 1.4 percent year-on-year in January, slower than a 2.9 percent increase in December. Economists had expected the inflation... Read more...

Singapore Wholesale Trade Falls In Q4

Singapore wholesale trade declined in the fourth quarter, figures from the Department of Statistics showed on Thursday. At current prices, domestic wholesale sales declined a seasonally adjusted 8.5 percent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter, following a 0.2 percent fall in the previous quarter. Excluding... Read more...

Australia January Unemployment Rate Rises To 5.3%

The jobless rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 5.3 percent in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. That exceeded expectations for 5.2 percent and was up from 5.1 percent in December. The Australian economy added 13.500 jobs last month to 12,995,400 people,... Read more...

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GLOBAL ECONOMICS

Germany Producer Prices Rise Unexpectedly

Germany's producer prices rose unexpectedly in January, data from Destatis showed on Thursday. The producer price index rose 0.2 percent year-on-year in January, reversing a 0.2 percent decrease seen in December. Economists had expected a 0.4 percent fall. Among the components, prices for non-durable... Read more...

Denmark Producer Prices Fall In January

Denmark's producer prices decline in January, figures from Statistics Denmark showed on Thursday. The producer price index fell 0.9 percent year-on-year in January, following a 0.3 percent decline in December. Prices have fallen steadily since May. The significantly smaller decline in the annual... Read more...

Denmark Consumer Confidence Decreases In February

Denmark's consumer confidence fell in February after rising in the preceding month, survey data from Statistics Denmark showed on Thursday. The consumer confidence index decreased to 3.3 in February from 4.5 in January. In December, consumer confidence was 2.5. The index measuring consumers' view... Read more...

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