Sunday, January 15, 2006

Quick Overview

  • U.S. Producer prices were up 0.9% in December and up 5.4% YoY. Excluding food and energy costs, prices were up 0.1% in December.

  • U.S. retail sales were up 0.7% in December and up 7.3% in 05

  • Japan's machinery orders were up 2.3% in November.

  • YoY Canada's new vehicle sales were up 3.1% in November

  • Dow-Jones Newswires reported the harvest at U.S. Sugar Corporation will be down 25% this year, because of Hurricane Wilma and last weekend's freeze.

  • China's foreign exchange reserves jumped $49.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005 to a record $818.9 billion.

  • China's government said that they imported 5.3% less oil in 2005, thanks to conservation efforts.

  • YoY Mexican gross fixed investment, a measure of spending on machinery, equipment and construction, rose 7.3 percent in October.

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