- France’s fourth-quarter economy grew 0.2 percent, a disappointing figure after strong third-quarter growth. Economic expansion in 2005 was at 1.4 percent, below economists’ forecasts of between 1.5 and 2 percent.
- Germany’s January CPI of 109.1 represented a 0.5-percent drop from the previous month and a 2.1-percent increase on the same month in 2005. Germany’s January PPI was 114.1, a 1.2-percent gain on the previous month and a 5.6-percent gain on January 2005.
- The UK’s jobless rate from October to December increased 0.1 percent to 5.1 percent compared to the previous three month period. The rate was 0.4-percent higher than the same period in 2004.
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