The consumer price index (CPI) in December rose 0.53 percent against last month, representing a year-on-year increase of 18.12 percent. SEE MORE Asian dollar bonds may beat domestic notes for a second year in 2012 as central banks cut interest rates to spur economic growth, curbing currency gains, UOB Asset Management Ltd. and Mizuho Securities Co. said. SEE MORE The dollar traded 0.9 percent from an 11-month high versus the euro before European Central Bank President Mario Draghi speaks today amid concern policy makers are struggling to contain the euro region’s debt crisis. SEE MORE Russia has finally joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, after 18 years negotiating its membership. SEE MORE US consumer prices were unchanged in November as motorists paid less for cars and petrol, figures from US Labor Department show. SEE MORE