PANews reported on January 22 that, according to Jinshi, the final reading of the US third-quarter core PCE price index annualized quarterly rate was 2.9%, in line with expectations and the previous reading of 2.90%.

The final reading of the annualized quarterly rate of US real GDP in the third quarter was 4.4%, compared with the expected 4.30% and the previous reading of 4.30%.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending January 17 was 200,000, compared with expectations of 210,000 and a revised figure of 199,000 for the previous week (originally reported as 198,000).