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China factory output accelerates as retail sales and investment lag – recap

China home prices fall again in December as property downturn persists

China Q4 GDP slows to three-year low despite hitting 2025 growth target

Japan election raises odds of sales tax cut, bond yields jump

China data: Q4 GDP 4.5% y/y (expected 4.4%), Dec retail sales +0.9% y/y (expected 1.2%)

JPY traders heads up, Japan PM Takaichi press conference from 0900GMT

China new home price continued to drop in December 2025.

Japan data: Machine Orders for November: -11.0% m/m (vs. expected -5.1%)

UK house asking prices post record seasonal jump, Rightmove says

Reminder: US markets closed for holiday today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 19 2026

Spain – At least 10 people died in high speed train crash

EU calls emergency summit as Trump escalates Greenland tariff threat. Euro a little lower.