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Separately, Visa Europe said a survey of consumer spending showed a second successive monthly rise last month.
The CIPS/Markit monthly snapshot of industry showed its second successive monthly rise, with its purchasing managers' index up from 39.5 to 42.9.
Some central banks are even starting to tighten in a more conventional way – overnight the Royal Bank of Australia raised rates by 0.25% in its second successive monthly rise.
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It is the fifth successive monthly increase.
New housing starts edged up by 0.3% in September, a third successive monthly increase.
Industrial output in Germany, the currency zone's largest economy, fell by 2.4% in May, the third successive monthly decline.
Meanwhile Chinese markets fell again following profits at the country's industrial firms fell 4.7% in December, the seventh successive monthly decline.
Its GDP rose by 0.1% in the three months to December.The S&P/CaseShiller index of home prices in ten big American cities rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in November, the sixth successive monthly increase.
Euroland's hard-pressed factories suffered a third successive monthly drop in activity in December, according to a survey published yesterday, which adds to the string of recent data souring the mood of optimism surrounding the new currency zone's birth 13 days ago.
Outlook The second successive fall in monthly retail sales cannot be directly attributed to the measures unveiled in Wednesday's spending review, since the data is for September.
It was the second consecutive monthly increase.
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