Friday, January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The Producer Price Index rose by 0.5% in December, indicating potential inflation concerns, while the inflation rate stands at 2.7% and unemployment at 4.4%.
Orders from U.S. factories rose 2.7% in November to $621.6 billion, from $605.4 billion in October.
Orders climbed 7.8% on month in December, accelerating from November’s rise, a sign that the recent struggles of the country’s industrial sector might be easing.
The benchmark consumer-price index rose 2.0% from a year earlier in January, slowing from a 2.3% gain in December, the Ministry of Data and Statistics said.
Consumer prices were 0.4% higher in January than in the same month last year, down from December’s 0.7% increase.
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