Thailand Inflation Remains Negative for 10th Straight Month in January 
Gold Prices Slide Below $5,000 as Strong Dollar and Central Bank Outlook Weigh on Metals 
Fed Governor Lisa Cook Warns Inflation Risks Remain as Rates Stay Steady 
South Korea Assures U.S. on Trade Deal Commitments Amid Tariff Concerns 
Oil Prices Slip as U.S.–Iran Talks Ease Supply Disruption Fears 
U.S. Stock Futures Slide as Tech Rout Deepens on Amazon Capex Shock 
Silver Prices Plunge in Asian Trade as Dollar Strength Triggers Fresh Precious Metals Sell-Off 
Oil Prices Slide on US-Iran Talks, Dollar Strength and Profit-Taking Pressure 
Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
Japanese Pharmaceutical Stocks Slide as TrumpRx.gov Launch Sparks Market Concerns 
China Extends Gold Buying Streak as Reserves Surge Despite Volatile Prices 
RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% as India’s Growth Outlook Strengthens After U.S. Trade Deal 
Dollar Steadies Ahead of ECB and BoE Decisions as Markets Turn Risk-Off 
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Third quarter house price index rose by 1.5 percent, up 3.5 percent from a year ago. National Australia Business confidence and conditions came at 5 for November.
- China: Retail sales rose by 10.8 percent y/y in November. Industrial production rose by 6.2 percent y/y and urban investments rose by 8.3 percent y/y.
Upcoming:
- Germany: Consumer price inflation numbers will be released at 7:00 GMT, followed by Zew survey report at 10:00 GMT.
- Spain: Inflation numbers for November will be reported at 8:00 GMT.
- Italy: Industrial output for October will be reported at 9:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Inflation numbers that include RPI, CPI, PPI, and HPI will be released at 9:30 GMT.
- Eurozone: Employment change report for third quarter and Zew survey for December will be released at 10:00 GMT.
- United States: NFIB business optimism index, and terms of trade for November will be released at 11:00 GMT and 13:30 GMT respectively.
- Australia: Westpac consumer confidence report for December will be released at 23:30 GMT.
- Japan: Tankan manufacturing survey for third quarter will be released at 23:50 GMT.
- Auction: Spain will auction 3-month and 9-month letras today. Germany will auction 30-year bund. US will auction 1-month bills at 16:30 GMT, and 30-year bond at 18:00 GMT.
