Analysts at National Bank Financial suggest that the release of the preliminary numbers for Q4 GDP of the Eurozone alongside December’s unemployment rate and January’s CPI are going to be the key economic releases for the week.
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“In Japan, several indicators for December will be released including retail sales, industrial production, housing starts and the unemployment rate.”
“In China, we’ll get the flash reading of the manufacturing PMI for January. On the political stage, China’s vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington to discuss trade relations with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.”