Latest United Kingdom economic statistics

• RICS house price balance in January. House price balance fell 16% month-on-month in December.
• DCLG House Prices in December. Prices fell 0.3% year-on-year in November.
• Consumer Price Index in January. The index rose 4.2% year-on-year in December and was up 0.4% month-on-month.
• Retail Price Index in January. The index rose 4.8% year-on-year in December and edged up 0.4% month-on-month.

Latest Japan economic statistics

• Industrial production in December (final). Preliminary readings showed that production fell 4.1% year-on-year in November but rose 4% month-on-month.
• Capacity utilisation in December (final). Preliminary readings showed that utilisation fell 2.9% month-on-month in November.

Latest US statistics

• Retail sales in January. Sales in December edged up 0.1%, following a 0.4% rise in November and 0.7% gain in October.
• The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index in January. The December index rose 1.8 points to 93.8 for a fourth straight monthly advance.
• Import prices in January. Prices dipped 0.1% in December.
• Business inventories in December. Inventories rose 0.3% in November as did business sales, keeping the stock-to-sales ratio unchanged for a fifth straight month at a lean 1.27.