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Industrial output underwhelmed at the end of December amid a decline in automobile manufacturing and in the output of gas utilities due to warmer-than-normal temperatures.
A top US central bank official told the Wall Street Journal that an interest rate increase was "conceivable" at the Federal Reserve's March policy meeting.
Levels of activity in America's services sector continued growing at a steady pace last month, although cost pressures reached a new series high, according to the results of a closely-followed survey.
The US labour market remained strong in November, prompting an increasing number of Americans to risk looking for a different employer, the results of a closely-followed survey showed.
The Federal Reserve announced that it would taper its asset purchase programme more quickly, as expected, likely paving the way for interest rate hikes in 2022.
Deutsche Bank said on Wednesday that it now expects headline consumer price inflation to peak above 6% in April next year, marking the highest annual rate of inflation since the Bank of England's independence in 1997.
The cost of goods purchased from overseas increased more quickly than expected during the previous month, chiefly as a result of dearer natural gas prices.
American consumers' confidence was little changed at the start of December, but there were signs of a potential wage-price spiral taking form, the results of a closely-followed survey revealed.
The People's Bank of China said that it will lower its reserve requirement ratio for all lenders, as hinted to by Chinese premier Li Keqiang and the country's Politburo.
