▲ U.S. wholesale prices in December 2009 with modest gains, as energy prices offset the impact of rising food prices, giving the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (Federal Reserve, referred to as Fed) interest rates remain at a record low of providing more space.
    ▲ French Budget Minister verte January 20, announced in 2009 the rate of the finalization of France's public deficit was 7.9% of total GDP.
    ▲ 20 United Nations released, "International Economic Situation and Prospects 2010," Initial reports indicate that the world economy will return to growth in 2010, but if the premature abolition of governments to stimulate the initiative, it may fall into recession in the second.
    ▲ Bank of America announced yesterday reported a fourth quarter of last year, the bank's net loss of 194 million U.S. dollars, far better than the same period in 2008, a net loss of 1.8 billion. In addition, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo reported earnings that showed the fourth quarter of last year, the two banks have a net profit.
    ▲ National Bureau of Statistics data released yesterday showed the UK in December last year, the unemployment rate is 5%, reduce the number of claims for unemployment insurance, 15.2 thousand people, was in April 2007 has been the biggest monthly reductions, far better than market expectations reduction in 4600, and this is further evidence of the British job market is gradually stabilized.
    ▲ (UNCTAD) released January 19 reported that global foreign direct investment in 2009 declined by 39%, from 2008 to 1.7 trillion U.S. dollars fell to 1.04 trillion U.S. dollars.
    ▲ as investors worried about the debt problem may be worse in Greece, thus affecting the region's economic recovery in the euro against the U.S. dollar after the recent slump, fell 0.8% in intraday trading yesterday, fell to 5-month low.
    ▲ United Nations Economic and Social Affairs, 20, "issued by the 2010 World Economic Situation and Prospects" report that the world economy is recovering, but the recovery is still uneven, conditions for sustained growth remains fragile.
    ▲ week, Southeast Asia, imports of steel scrap pricing continues to rise, reached a new peak. Vietnam from Australia, the mixture of 1,2-weight waste (80:20) import quote from the beginning of 380.39 thousand U.S. dollars / ton rose to 400 U.S. dollars / ton (CFR), said that no deal for this price level.
    ▲ India ordered a number of re-exported from Vietnam, the thermal volume, the price of 550.56 thousand U.S. dollars / ton (CFR), 2 mid arrive. These hot-roll price is lower than two weeks ago, the 570,575 U.S. dollars / ton (CFR).
    ▲ reportedly due to incorrect calculation of electricity subsidies, the U.S. Commerce Department ruling in the previous tax rate of Chinese oil pipe on the basis of a slight increase in anti-subsidy, or less than 1 percentage point.
    ▲, according to Pakistan, "Daily Times" reported January 20, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Anti-Dumping Technical Secretariat (TSAD) to the Palestinian side has informed that the Secretariat has decided not to imports from Pakistan, angles, rods and other steel product anti-dumping measures.
    ▲ U.S. Metals Service Center Institute, said yesterday that the U.S. steel inventories in December rose 4.7% in chain the same period, shipments of steel fell by 3.5%.
    ▲ information on the United States, according to Xinhua News Agency, Steel Dynamics Inc. announced that its located in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, the Mesabi Nugget plant has produced the first batch of tablets of iron (iron nuggets).
    ▲ It is learned that more than a week of Arcelor Mittal Algeria factory workers on strike had stopped and will resume work on the 21st, leading to the strike by 3,000 tons of steel production in Japan.
    ▲ Vale do Rio Doce, said this weekend may be their subordinates Canada Voisey''s Bay nickel mine strike talks.
    ▲ Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine published data show that by the international financial crisis, in 2009 Ukraine's crude steel production of 29.76 million tons, compared with the previous year declined by 17.4%; pig iron output of 25.67 million tons, reducing 13%; steel output of 26.47 million tons, reducing 15.8%; steel pipe output 157 tons, down 34%.
    ▲ world mining giant Vale do Rio Doce, if Zemadingsi executive director, said yesterday that the international iron ore this year's hot market, so that mining companies in this year's price negotiations in a privileged position.
    ▲ BHP Billiton iron ore production in the second half of 2009, an increase of 6% to 6,260 million tonnes. The companies iron ore pricing, from one year to a benchmark price of approximately toward the short-term bargain.
    ▲ result of the global financial crisis and the new construction project to reduce vehicle demand, Japan's crude steel production in 2009 dropped to 40-year low, 09 an annual output of 8,753 million tons of steel compared with fall quarter 2008.