Quick Overview

• U.S. industrial production rose 0.4% in December and 4.0% in 2006
  
  

• U.S. Capacity utilization out at 81.8%.
  
  

• The producer price index rose 0.9% in December and 1.1% YoY. Excluding food and energy, prices were up 0.2% and up 2.0% YoY.
  
  

• Foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities totaled $107.4 billion while U.S. purchases of foreign securities totaled $39.1 billion.
  
  

• YoY Consumer prices in the Euro zone were up 1.9% in December.
  
  

• U.K.’s unemployment rate out at 5.5%.