Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Quick Overview

  • YoY Mexican industrial production rose 3 percent in November.

  • An index of leading indicators for Japan dropped from 81.8 to 60.0 in November

  • A persistent fall in Japanese bank lending slowed in December to its smallest decline in nearly five years, a bright sign for business conditions because of a stronger economy and improvement in banks' financial condition.

  • The U.S. Department of Energy said that:
    Supplies of crude oil were down 2.9 million barrels to 318.7 million barrels.
    Supplies of unleaded gasoline were up 4.5 million barrels
    Supplies of heating oil were up 1.0 million barrels.

No comments: