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December 2025 US Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
Manufacturing activity appeared weak this month, according to the firms responding to the December Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. The survey’s indicator for current general activity fell and remained negative for the third consecutive month. Meanwhile, the new orders and shipments indexes both returned to positive territory after turning negative last month. The employment index rose and continued to reflect overall increases in employment. Both price indexes remained elevated but moved in opposite directions. Most of the survey’s future indicators softened but continued to suggest widespread expectations ... (full story)
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From bls.gov|Dec 18, 2025|39 commentsThe Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the 2 months from September 2025 to November 2025, the U.S. ...
From ecb.europa.eu|Dec 18, 2025|6 commentsThe Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Its updated assessment reconfirms that inflation should stabilise at the 2% target in the medium term. The new Eurosystem staff projections show headline inflation averaging 2.1% in 2025, 1.9% in 2026, 1.8% in 2027 and 2.0% in 2028. For inflation excluding energy and food, staff project an average of 2.4% in 2025, 2.2% in 2026, 1.9% in 2027 and 2.0% in 2028. Inflation has been revised up for 2026, mainly because staff now expect services inflation to decline more slowly. Economic growth is expected to be stronger than in the September projections, driven especially by domestic demand. Growth has been revised up to 1.4% in 2025, 1.2% in 2026 and 1.4% in 2027 and is expected to remain at 1.4% in 2028. The Governing Council is determined to ensure that inflation stabilises at its 2% target in the medium term. It will follow a data-dependent and meeting-by-meeting approach to determining the appropriate monetary policy stance. In particular, the Governing Council’s interest rate decisions will be based on its assessment of the inflation outlook and the risks surrounding it, in light of the incoming economic and financial data, as well as the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of m ECB Holds Deposit Facility Rate At 2.00%; As Expected - Holds Main Refinancing Rate At 2.15% - Holds Marginal Lending Facility At 2.40% *ECB NOT PRE-COMMITTING TO A PARTICULAR RATE PATH *ECB TO FOLLOW DATA-DEPENDENT, MEETING-BY-MEETING APPROACH *ECB RAISES ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECASTS FOR NEXT TWO YEARS ECB UPDATED ASSESSMENT RECONFIRMS THAT INFLATION SHOULD STABILISE AT THE 2% TARGET IN THE MEDIUM TERM.
From bnnbloomberg.ca|Dec 18, 2025|2 commentsU.S. President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on ...
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From dol.gov|Dec 18, 2025|2 commentsIn the week ending December 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 224,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous ...
From youtube.com/ecbeuro|Dec 18, 2025ECB President Christine Lagarde explains the Governing Council's monetary policy decisions and will answer questions from journalists at the Governing Council press conference to ...
From @financialjuice|Dec 18, 2025|3 commentsECB's President Lagarde: The economy has been resilient. ECB's President Lagarde: Domestic demand main growth engine in the years ahead. *LAGARDE: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT IS LIKELY TO REMAIN A DRAG ECB's President Lagarde: Forward-looking indicators suggest wage growth to ease ECB's President Lagarde: Trade tensions have eased.
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