China picked up the torch this morning with the publication of national inflation data. In December, the consumer price index rose from 1.6% to 1.8% y/y. Producer prices, an important leading indicator for national and global inflation, are losing 0.7% y/y, the third consecutive month of y/y decline. While consumer prices matched expectations, producer prices […]
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Bank of Japan left its policy rate unchanged at around 0.75% as widely expected, and maintained a clear tightening bias, signaling that further rate hikes remain on the table. The decision was passed by an Read more…
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