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Compensation cost growth for US workers slows in the fourth quarter of 2022
Compensation cost growth for US workers slowed at the end of 2022.
Mixed November US home price data
US home prices slipped in November but the data were a bit mixed.
Eurozone Q4 GDP growth edges past forecasts
Economic activity in the single currency bloc held up at the end of 2022 despite the drag from an unexpected contraction in its largest economy.
German retail sales plunge in December
Germans tightened their purse strings at the end of 2022 in response to the higher cost of food and energy.
US consumer tightens her purse strings towards the end of 2022
The US consumer spent with a bit less abandon towards the end of 2022 even as price pressures continued to ebb as anticipated.
US consumer confidence rises and price expectations dip, University of Michigan says
Consumer confidence in the US rose a bit more than initially thought at the beginning of 2023, the results of a closely survey revealed.
US weekly jobless data comes in mixed, initial claims hit new cycle low
Jobless claims data in the US revealed that firms continued to hold onto workers although hiring appeared to be reversing the gains seen over the Christmas holidays.
US Q4 GDP growth edges past forecasts, up by 2.9%
The US economy expanded a tad more quickly than expected during the fourth quarter of 2022, boosted in part by inventory rebuilding.
US visible trade deficit widens significantly in December
America's shortfall on trade in goods with the rest of world yawned wider at the end of 2022.
German business confidence improves in January, led by expectations, Ifo says
Business confidence in the euro area's largest economy improved by as much as expected at the start of 2023, the results of a closely followed survey showed.
Euro area business activity stabilises in January, PMIs show
Business activity in the single currency bloc steadied at the start of 2023 thanks to lower energy prices and optimism around China's reopening, the results of two closely followed surveys revealed.
Contraction in US private sector activity eases in January, PMIs show
The rate of decline in US private sector activity eased at the start of 2023, although hiring remained soft, survey results revealed.
Index of leading US economic indicators falls by more than expected in December
A gauge of economic indicators designed to provide forward guidance on the US economy fell more sharply than expected at the end of 2022.
Boston Fed's Collins argues for rates rising to just above 5.0%
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston argued for interest rate hikes to just above 5. 0% and then holding at that level "for some time".
US housing starts and permits slip in December
Builders in the US broke ground on fewer homes in December, roughly as expected.
Philly Fed index improves a little in January, price gauges ease
Manufacturing sector activity in the US mid-Atlantic region at the start of 2023 improved a little, the results of a very closely followed survey revealed.
US tech layoffs running at highest level since 2015, Challenger says
Layoff announcements among US technology firms reached their highest monthly level for seven years following Microsoft's announcement earlier in the day that it would shed 10,000 employees, a top staffing agency said.
Fed's Bullard argues in favour of continuing 'rapid' rate hikes
A top US central bank official argued in favour of hiking interest rates by 50 basis points at its next meeting to ensure that inflation would fall back to the monetary authority's 2. 0% target.
Monthly US retail sales miss forecasts by wide margin
US retail sales softened by much more than expected towards the end of the previous year.
Unexpected weakness in US industrial production as business equipment output falls
Industrial output weakened noticeably at the tail-end of 2022 as production of business equipment fell sharply.