ECB Economic Bulletin: Staff expect economic growth to remain subdued in the short term.

ECB Economic Bulletin: Staff expect average core inflation to be 5.0% in 2023, 2.7% in 2024, 2.3% in 2025 and 2.1% in 2026.

ECB Economic Bulletin: Staff expect headline inflation to average 5.4% in 2023, 2.7% in 2024, 2.1% in 2025 and 1.9% in 2026.

Market news: The President of the Philippines said he will visit Germany in March.

Azerbaijan Ministry of Energy: Export 25.2 million tons of oil in 2023.

Azerbaijan Ministry of Energy: Oil production will reach 30.2 million tons in 2023.

Barclays: We now believe the oil market had a surplus of 200,000 barrels per day last year and expect a similar surplus in 2024.

Barclays: We are maintaining our forecast for oil growth of 300,000 barrels per day in 2024-2025.

Barclays: Although OPEC+ voluntary production cuts are extended to the first quarter of 2024, our estimate of the balance in 2024 is basically unchanged.

The New Zealand dollar NZD/USD rose more than 0.50% on the day and is currently at 0.6258.

On January 11, local time, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry stated that security personnel had arrested 35 people involved in the Kerman terrorist attack. The Ministry of Intelligence also stated that Iran has obtained important clues about the second terrorist who carried out the terrorist attack and will announce the results of the investigation later. On January 3, local time, two explosions occurred in Kerman, Iran, causing heavy casualties. The extremist organization "Islamic State" claimed responsibility for the incident.

OpenAI: ChatGPT service degradation issue has been resolved.

[Israeli military strikes against Hamas militants in southern and central Gaza Strip] On January 11, local time, the Times of Israel reported, citing military sources, that the Israel Defense Forces stated that it had carried out attacks on Hamas militants in southern and central Gaza Strip. Qi, the fighting between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) continues. The Israel Defense Forces said that the Israeli army found a number of Hamas militants in Khan Younis and Magazi and carried out attacks on them.

According to Russian Sputnik: Russian President Putin revealed that Russia’s economic growth rate may exceed 3.5% by the end of 2023.

British Maritime Trade Operations Office: 4-5 unauthorized armed personnel boarded a ship 50 nautical miles east of Oman. It is reported that they were wearing military-style black uniforms.

The European Commission website shows that Amazon has not provided remedies to EU antitrust regulators regarding its acquisition of iRobot.

SK executive: Not considering manufacturing LFP batteries in the United States.