Beijing COVID-19 outbreak has spread to Hebei province – state media 0 (0)

No mention of which cities are impacted and by how much but in any case, the headline in itself isn’t exactly comforting.China appears to be caught in between whether to adapt to a new approach in dealing with omicron or sticking with a zero tolerance policy on COVID-19 cases. They have relaxed the

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UK January CBI trends total orders 24 vs 22 expected 0 (0)

Prior 24Trends selling prices 66Prior 62The details of the report show that UK manufacturers expect to raise prices by the most since 1977 over the next three months, as global supply chain issues and labour shortages continue to rattle cost/price pressures. Adding to that, export prices expectation

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ECB’s Lane: It is increasingly clear that omicron impact on the economy is only for a few weeks 0 (0)

There are some near-term risks related to omicronBut it is not a factor that will influence activity levels for the yearWe think that inflation will fall „quite a bit“ later this yearRather than focus month by month, ECB has clear vision of direction i.e. inflation will fall later this yearSo far, d

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Dollar more mixed in European morning trade 0 (0)

Major currencies are not really finding much direction so far today, even as US futures are pointing lower for the time being.There is a sense that investors aren’t less attached to the risk averse mood today after having witnessed a miracle yesterday.
Currently, EUR/USD is down 0.3% to 1.1293 but t

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Bundesbank: Inflation will remain exceptionally high in early 2022 5 (1)

German economy likely shrank in Q4 2021Manufacturing remained constrained by supply disruptions, consumption fell on renewed COVID-19 fearsInflation developments may take longer to improvePrice growth could remain „exceptionally high“ in early this year due to soaring energy prices, supply bottlenec

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