06 January 2023
Chris Scicluna
,
Emily Nicol
- Japanese wage growth slowed in November amid a steep decline in bonus payments and softer overtime earnings
- German and French consumer spending on goods rose in November
- Euro area flash inflation figures for December are likely to report a notable decline
- All eyes today on US payrolls, which are expected to report a respectable rise in the number of jobs of 200k or more
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05 January 2023
Chris Scicluna
,
Emily Nicol
- Japanese consumer confidence edged marginally higher; Japanese new car sales remained weak amid subdued demand and ongoing supply constraints
- UK new car registrations accelerated in December but remained well below pre-pandemic and pre-Brexit referendum levels
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04 January 2023
Chris Scicluna
,
Emily Nicol
- French consumer confidence unexpectedly slipped back at the end of last year
- German import prices fell by a record amount in December
- UK shop price inflation slowed slightly in December as non-food prices failed to rise
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19 December 2022
Emily Nicol
,
Chris Scicluna
- Tomorrow’s BoJ monetary policy announcement should be a non-event, with no changes to be made to policy
- Top-tier data to come this week include euro area consumer confidence and German producer prices, US consumer confidence, the UK’s current account deficit, and Japanese CPI inflation and US personal income, spending and the PCE deflators
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16 December 2022
Chris Scicluna
,
Emily Nicol
- Flash German and French PMIs again point to contraction in Q4
- Despite a boost to services from improving tourism and the government’s discounted travel scheme, Japan’s flash composite PMI was merely consistent with stagnation in December
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