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Events that marked the week:

From Eurozone, on Monday, Spanish GDP and German CPI figures were released. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) generated by the Spanish economy shows a variation of 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the previous quarter, according to estimation of quarterly GDP. This rate is similar to that recorded in the quarter previous.  The annual variation of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2016 stands at 3.0%, two tenths lower than in the third quarter (3.2%). By the temporary aggregation of the four quarters, the growth in volume of GDP in the year 2016 is estimated at 3.2%.

The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index is expected to be +1.9% in January 2017. A similarly high rate of inflation was last measured in July 2013 (+1.9%). Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the consumer prices are expected to decline by 0.6% on December 2016.

 

Tuesday brought Eurozone CPI figures. Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.8% in January 2017, up from 1.1% in December 2016, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in January (8.1%, compared with 2.6% in December), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (1.7%, compared with 1.2% in December), services (1.2%, compared with 1.3% in December) and non-energy industrial goods (0.5%, compared with 0.3% in December).

 

This week markets will be looking at:

 

German Factory Orders (Monday 8:00)

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