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US jobless claims highest in 8 weeks
Unemployment insurance claims rose by 23,000 to 230,000, seasonally adjusted

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China producer price index up by 10.3% y/y in December 2021
Prices for producer goods increased by 13.4% y/y

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CEIC Leading Indicator for the US marginally up in December 2021
The CEIC Leading Indicator increased by 0.3 points to 107.8

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Germany's industrial production falls both on monthly and on annual basis in November
The index (IPI) stood at 103.5 and its annual growth rate decelerated further into negative territory

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Brazil’s producer inflation slowed down in November 2021
The local producer price index (PPI) increased by 28.86% y/y in the eleventh month of 2021

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China Caixin manufacturing PMI stood at 50.9 in December 2021
The improvement was mainly driven by the increase in the new orders index and output index

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Japan consumer price index climbs to 0.6% y/y in November 2021
This was primarily led by an uptick in the food price index that grew by 1.4% y/y

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CEIC's GDP Nowcast for the current quarter (% y/y) in India stood at 5.39 on 21/12/2021
The GDP nowcast remained positive

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China 1-year loan prime rate stood at 3.8% pa in December
This came after China's central bank reduced the reserve requirement ratio by banks by 0.5 pp on December 15

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Euro Area's manufacturing PMI inches down to 58 in December
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 58 from 58.4 in November

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CEIC Leading Indicator for Russia at a 7-month low in November 2021
The 5.1 drop compared to the previous month is the sharpest since January 2021

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Retail headline inflation in India climbs up to 4.9% in November 2021
Despite an increase in the inflation figure, it remains in the inflation target band of the Reserve Bank of India