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09.02.26 - 16:01
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Key Events This Week: Payrolls, CPI And Retail Sales (ZeroHedge)
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Key Events This Week: Payrolls, CPI And Retail Sales
The next five days will feature an unusual pairing of major US data releases: the January employment report on Wednesday and the January CPI report on Friday, two reports which usually never appear in the same week. Ahead of those, markets will digest December retail sales and the Q4 employment cost index tomorrow, alongside a heavy schedule of Fed speakers, many of them current voters. Global inflation updates from China (Wednesday) and several European economies will add to the momentum, while the UK's Q4 GDP (Thursday) will also be released. Corporate earnings remain in full swing, even if six of the Mag-7 have now reported, thus reducing some potential volatility until Nvidia report on February 25th.
For the employment report (which we will preview fully tomorrow), DB economists expect headline and private payrolls to rise by 75k (consensus at +69k and +75k respectively), a modest improvement relative to recent trend rates. If this hol...
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08.02.26 - 03:36
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China′s Year of the Horse shoppers let emotional satisfaction take the reins (SCMP)
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As the Year of the Horse approaches, Chinese consumers are hunting online for mascots, dolls and charms themed after the zodiac animal – a pursuit industry observers say favours soft, round and playful designs over formal styles and places more weight on emotional fulfilment than material possessions or brand prestige.
This craze is boosting retail sales for plush toys and gold accessories, as is evident in toymaker Pop Mart's sold-out Have a Good Run series of plush pendants, as well as brisk......
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06.02.26 - 12:24
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ROUNDUP 2: Amazon plant Investitionen von 200 Milliarden Dollar - Aktie sackt ab (DPA-AFX)
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Amazon übertrifft bei geplanten Investitionen selbst seine ausgabefreudigen Tech-Rivalen: Der Handelsriese will in diesem Jahr rund 200 Milliarden US-Dollar (aktuell rund 170 Milliarden Euro) in KI, Chips, Robotik und Satelliten stecken. Für Anleger war die Zahl schwer zu verdauen: Die Aktie fiel im vorbörslichen US-Handel um fast acht Prozent. Am Vorabend hatte sie teils zweistellig an Boden verloren.. --- Der Umsatz der Cloud-Sparte AWS wuchs im vergangenen Quartal im Jahresvergleich um 24 Prozent auf 35,6 Milliarden Dollar und übertraf damit die durchschnittlichen Erwartungen der Analysten.. --- Im vergangenen Quartal wuchs der Konzernumsatz um 14 Prozent auf 213,4 Milliarden Dollar. Unterm Strich gab es einen Gewinn von 21,2 Milliarden Dollar. Im Vorjahr waren es 20 Milliarden Dollar gewesen.. --- Amazon selbst verändert sich ebenfalls. Der Konzern baut in zwei Wellen rund 30.000 Bürojobs ab..
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