● US retail sales drop the most in 11 months, but seen as a blip | Reuters
● US Import Prices Fall Sharply In Dec Amid Lower Fuel Prices | RTT
● Atlanta Fed: Inflation expectations slip for 2015 to 1.7% | Atlanta Fed
● Fed’s Beige Book: concern over consumer spending, slumping oil | MarketWatch
● German Economy Grows 1.5% In 2014; Fastest In 3 Years | RTT
● India’s central bank announces surprise interest rate cut | Reuters
● Swiss National Bank scraps minimum exchange rate vs euro | AP/WaPo