- A better than expected reading of German IFO, thanks to optimism about the spending plans by the government to stimulate the Europe's largest economy.
- A comment from the ECB President Jean Claude Trichet, saying that the next important meeting will be in March, has a mixed reaction. First by raising speculations that the bank may not reduce its benchmark next week and second by making some investors worried about the negative effects of being reluctant to ease the policy and support the economy.
- Euro-zone current account deficit widened.
- German import prices fell

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