Thursday, January 25, 2007

Quick Overview

  • The U.S. jobless claims were up 36,000 last week to 325,000.

  • The National Association of Realtors said that December’s U.S. existing home sales were down 0.8% from November's pace and down 7.9% YoY. Inventory of unsold homes declined 8% to 3.51 million.

  • China's Q4 GDP remained rose 10.4%, 10.7% YoY an 11-year high.

  • YoY Japans core CPI rose 0.1 % in December, lower than the expected 0.2 percent rise.

  • The U.S. Department of Energy said that underground supplies of natural gas were down 179 billion cubic feet to 2.757 trillion cubic feet.

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