Private sector earnings continue to improve significantly from last quarter, with many blue chips exceeding high earnings expectations.

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The German ZEW economic-expectations index managed to print a three-year high (31.5 in January, far exceeding the December print of 6.9), reaching its strongest reading in nearly two years.

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