Headline CPI was flat on the month and slowed to 3.4% y/y, undershooting expectations as underlying inflation eased slightly.
Here is what you need to know on Wednesday, January 7:
The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute will release its monthly Employment Change Report for December on Wednesday.
Retail Sales in Germany climbed 1.1% year-over-year (YoY) in November, following an increase of 0.9% in October, according to official data released by Destatis on Wednesday.
EUR/CAD extends its winning streak for the third consecutive day, trading around 1.6150 during the Asian hours on Wednesday. The currency cross gains ground ahead of Germany’s Retail Sales and Unemployment data for November due later in the day.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for November at 00:30 GMT on Wednesday.
Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Stephen Miran told Fox Business on Tuesday that he expects data to support more rate cuts and further argued that the Fed should cut more than 100 basis points this year.
Precious metal prices experienced spectacular rises in the final days of the year, followed in some cases by sharp setbacks. On Boxing Day, the price of Gold reached a new record high of $4,550 per troy ounce, Commerzbank's commodity analyst Carsten Fritsch notes.
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said on Tuesday that upcoming rate decisions will need to be "finely tuned" given risks to both unemployment and inflation goals, per Reuters.