DBS Group Research expects Taiwan’s upcoming January export orders and industrial production to show strong double-digit growth, helped by last year’s low base and robust global AI-driven demand, alongside semiconductor and ICT inventory restocking.
Jan von Gerich at Nordea notes that US data flow has been light, but a December upside surprise in core PCE suggests price pressures may be easing more slowly than CPI implies.
Oman's Foreign Minister, Badr al-Busaidi, said that talks between the United States (US) and Iran on nuclear issues have made "significant progress,” Reuters reported on Thursday.