This week features the Federal Reserve’s beige book report on economic conditions in the U.S., interest-rate decisions from the Bank of Canada and Bank of Korea, and a reading on China’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product. WEDNESDAY: The Federal Reserve publishes industrial production—or factory, mines and utilities output—data for December. In November, industrial production rose slowly, with most of the growth stemming from post-hurricane recovery in oil and gas extraction. Analysts predict solid industrial production...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 14, 2018 19:52 UTC