Global Economy Briefing: December 4, 2025

A data-dense Thursday reinforced “services steady, goods mixed” with a firmer U.S. labor pulse and softer construction in Europe. Disinflation stayed friendly, bills cheapened, and OPEC output shifts were small. Brazil slowed but kept its external groove; Japan’s households pulled back; India cut rates. United States Claims surprised stronger: initial 191k; continuing 1.939m; the 4-week […]