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Germans go to the polls amid economic gloom and equity outflows
Germans will vote on Feb. 23 amid sluggish economic growth that has lagged behind European peers and weighed on the national mood. In the corporate space, high energy prices that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine (and the sanctions that followed) disrupted Germany's export-oriented manufacturing model.
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America is seen facing even more inflation as the CPI unexpectedly heats up
US inflation concerns have returned to center stage. More Federal Reserve cuts this year look less likely. Economists and consumers alike are becoming more worried that price increases will be too stubborn for the Fed to tame - even before any effects of President Trump's threatened tariffs feed through.
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CEIC Launches Point-in-Time Data: Transforming Quantitative Analysis with the Longest Historical Revised Data Available
CEIC is pleased to announce the launch of its Point-in-Time (PiT) data offering, delivering over 10 years of meticulously maintained revised historical data—the longest revision history available in the market for the data sets carried by CEIC.
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Agriculture, manufacturing and nuclear stand out in India's budget
As we anticipated in our India budget preview, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman struck a balance between growth-supporting measures and easing the country's long-term debt burden. Middle-class tax cuts grabbed the headlines. But the budget also addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's priorities in agriculture, labor-intensive manufacturing and exports. Changes to the electricity market were also of note: India wants more nuclear energy, and is liberalizing rules in this sector to attract more private and foreign capital.
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Trump's looming tariff threats on Canada, Mexico and China
Less than two weeks after his inauguration, President Trump followed through on his promises and announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% tariff on Chinese imports.