暴跌油价has become the dominant theme in macro risk narratives for 2016. On Monday, the same day Saudi Arabian Oil Co. officials revealed no changes in the company’s strategy for new capacity investments despite weakening prices, Russian data confirmed the lowest growth rate since 2009. The Federal Statistics Office reported that Russian gross domestic product contracted by 3.7 percent for full year 2015, slightly better than consensus forecasts. Oil’s 15 percent swoon in the first weeks of 2016 have driven the ruble down by more than 7 percent. Even after a nearly 20 percent rally in front-month delivery futures pricing for West Texas Intermediate grade crude in recent sessions, the pain inflicted by global oversupply on producers appears unlikely to relent any time soon. This morning Houston energy giant Halliburton underscored this by reporting a net income loss of $0.79 per share for full-year 2015 on revenues 28 percent, or roughly $9 billion, lower than in 2014.
Johnson控制税收优惠协议与泰科合并。周一周一以密尔沃基为基础的约翰逊控股宣布宣布将与Tyco International合并的协议，该交易将看到总部位于爱尔兰的合并公司。The merger will be a stock and cash deal leaving Johnson Controls’ shareholders as majority owners, potentially courting political controversy as a so-called “tax inversion,” with a majority of its operations in the U.S., but a domicile for corporate tax purposes in Ireland.
Puerto Rico的Power提供商没有决议。立法者波多黎各未能通过立法，以完成波多黎各电力管理局（Prepa）及其债权人之间的拟议解决方案。On Sunday, power vendors and the utility negotiated a temporary respite that will expire February 12. Elected officials were unable to come to an agreement over increased power rates for consumers to cover debt servicing.
日本出口急剧下降。在最新的信号中，日本银行大规模宽松措施没有所需的效果，日本财政部今天发布的出口数据征收了8％以上的收缩。跌幅近9％与2014年12月，对中国的货物需求疲软是缺口的主要司机。批判性地，每年前一年的进口量减速18％的减速表明，国内需求仍然疲软。
下午鸡蛋麦克马夫队在麦当劳销售利润。世界上最大的餐馆连锁店伊利诺伊州麦克唐纳公司奥克布鲁克股票股票交易较好的第四季度收益超过预测。快速食品巨头报告2015年最终三个月每股每股1.31美元的收益，同店同店销售额增长近6％，主要归因于全天早餐菜单。