German PPI YoY (Jan) Y/Y -3.0% vs. Exp. -2.1% (Prev. -2.5%, Low. -2.4%, High. -1.9%)

The German PPI showing a sharper decline than expected at -3.0% indicates potential downward pressure on inflationary pressures in the eurozone.

Newsquawk StaffPublished 20 Feb 2026, 07:20 UTCOn the live feed at 07:00 UTC — 1 more headline followed before this page went public

Newsquawk headlinesUTC

07:24

Next round of Russia-Ukraine talks is reportedly possible next week, via TASS

07:03

Newsquawk Daily European Equity Opening News - 20th February 2026

07:00

German PPI YoY (Jan) Y/Y -3.0% vs. Exp. -2.1% (Prev. -2.5%, Low. -2.4%, High. -1.9%)

06:42

Hungarian government to release 250k tonnes of crude oil from its strategic reserves after Druzhba oil flow stopped

06:33

US ambassador to India says active negotiations are underway with India's Energy Ministry on the import of Venezuelan oil

Open the platform and use it. The whole workspace is free to try, with no signup and no card. When you want the headlines arriving live instead of on a delay, Newsquawk Pro is £24.99 for 7 days.

Try the platform free

Free. No signup, no card.

Context

This significantly underperforms the expectation of -2.1% and may raise questions about the economic recovery's strength, impacting market sentiment and possibly influencing ECB policy direction moving forward.

Macro · last 90 days

Recent headlines that moved markets

MACRO/20 Aug · 01:30 UTC

Australian Employment Change (Jul) -15.8K vs. Exp. 15K (Prev. 76.3K)

Market, after we published−0.3%

AUD/USD immediately moved lower by 22 pips to 0.7103 from 0.7125.

ENERGY/3 Sept · 08:03 UTC

Russian President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine should agree first; he notes that there is an opportunity to reach a peace agreement.

with Brent Nov, after we published−1.3%

EQUITIES/3 Sept · 04:54 UTC

North Korea stripped references to "peaceful unification" with South Korea from the charter of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to Yonhap.

Equity indices, after we published−3.3%

EQUITIES/1 Sept · 16:17 UTC

Initial reports of an American attack on Iran, reports i24's Stein.

ES, after we published−0.2%

ENERGY/1 Sept · 16:17 UTC

Initial reports of an American attack on Iran, reports i24's Stein.

- Brent (V6), after we published+1.2%

METALS/1 Sept · 08:06 UTC

Two oil supertankers were reportedly hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, reports citing Marisks suggest (details light)

Spot Gold, after we published−1.0%

Newsquawk Daily

Get both market opens in your inbox.

This note and the other one — the EU open and the US open, every business day, written by the desk. No account needed.

Related headlines

The whole workspace, free to try.

© 2026 Newsquawk. All rights reserved.