As reported by Market Leader (US)

The US consumer spending remained unchanged in December despite a 0.5% income increase. Therefore, Americans increased their savings. The basic rate of inflation increased by 0.2% in December.  The ISM index showed the highest production growth since June 2011. Today most investors are waiting for the US unemployment report.

The US Mint reports that it sold 6.1M ounces of gold coins in January 2012.

Germany and the eurozone’s production indexes came out better than expected.   More read...

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