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Singapore consumer prices logged a steady increase in November, a joint report from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed Tuesday. The consumer price index rose 1.2 percent from a year ago, the same rate of growth as seen in October. MAS core inflation...
Germany's import prices declined for the eighth straight month in November, Destatis reported Tuesday. Import prices logged an annual fall of 1.9 percent in November, a faster decline than the 1.4 percent drop observed in October. Prices have been falling since April. Energy prices had the biggest...
Europe's new car registrations increased for the fifth straight month in November, driven by robust growth in battery electric cars sales, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, or ACEA, showed Tuesday. Car registrations grew 2.1 percent year-on-year in November but slower that the 5.8 percent rise seen in October.
Import prices from Germany and revised GDP data from Spain are the top economic news due on Tuesday. At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is scheduled to issue Germany's import price data. Economists expect import prices to grow 0.2 percent month-on-month in November, the same rate as in October. In the meantime, producer price figures are due from Sweden.