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Sunday, January 11, 2026
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World Economy News This Week

This week is important for the world economy. Big countries share news about prices and jobs. This news will change markets. Investors watch Europe, the US, Germany, and Australia. They think markets may change.

They want lower prices and good jobs. This helps decide about money.

In the US, jobs news is important. The head of the Federal Reserve is Jerome Powell. He thinks jobs may be too many. This means jobs might not be so strong. People guess about 40,000 new jobs. These are guesses. This news will be checked. The Fed needs weak jobs to lower money costs.

In Europe, Germany prices are lower. Prices grew 1.8%. This is good. Prices in the Eurozone may grow 2%. This helps the European Central Bank.

Australia prices grew 3.4%. This is slower. But it was not slow enough. It is hard to stop prices growing. Japan will share news about pay. This shows if pay makes prices grow.

The US Federal Reserve cut money costs. They cut them 0.25%. This was the third cut. The Fed may cut only one more time. Markets think they will cut more. This can change markets.

The Bank of England meets soon. They did not change money costs last time. Now, markets think they will cut 0.25%. The Bank of England sees lower prices and weak jobs.

This news will have big effects. If US jobs are weak, markets want more Fed cuts. The US dollar may get weaker. If jobs are strong, markets will agree with the Fed. Money markets will also be watched. Banks make careful choices. These days will tell us about the world economy.

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