The December 2019 Purchasing Manager’s Indices (PMI) in major economies posted mixed results.

Industrial production growth has experienced a downward trend since 2017, and the October data is the weakest since July 2014.

The US Federal Reserve left the benchmark interest rate unchanged on December 11th

Both exports and imports have recovered in growth since June 2019 - when the indicators declined by 3.83% y/y and 6.42% y/y respectively

China’s foreign reserves increased from USD 3.072tn by the end of 2018 to USD 3.096tn in 2019

China's composite PMI jumped to 53.7 points in November - the highest level since March.