European Economic News Preview: Germany Final Inflation Data Due

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European Economic News Preview: Germany Final Inflation Data Due

(RTTNews) - Final inflation data from Germany is the only major economic report due on Friday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 1.00 am ET, industrial production figures are due from Finland.

At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is scheduled to publish Germany's final consumer price data for January. The initial estimate showed that consumer price inflation softened to 2.9 percent from 3.7 percent in December.

In the meantime, Statistics Norway releases consumer price figures for January. Economists forecast inflation to soften to 4.6 percent from 4.8 percent in December.

Also, household spending, industrial output, orders and household consumption figures are due from Sweden.

At 4.00 am ET, Italy's statistical office ISTAT is scheduled to release industrial output for December. Output is expected to climb 0.8 percent on month, in contrast to the 1.5 percent decrease in November.

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European Economic News Preview: UK GDP & Foreign Trade Data Due

European Economic News Preview: UK GDP & Foreign Trade Data Due

Monthly GDP estimates and foreign trade from the UK and flash quarterly national accounts and employment from the euro area are due on Thursday. At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK GDP, industrial output and foreign trade data. The economy is forecast to grow 0.2 percent on a monthly basis in June, reversing a 0.1 percent fall in May.
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Yen Rises Against Majors

Yen Rises Against Majors

The Japanese yen strengthened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday.
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Sensex, Nifty Marginally Higher Ahead Of US-Russia Talks

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Australian Market Extends Early Gains In Mid-market

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Asian Markets Track Wall Street Higher

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Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Thursday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, on continued optimism over the outlook for interest rates, with the US Fed widely expected to lower rates by a least a quarter point next month. Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday.
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