Europe Advancing as Weather Chills U.S. Growth: Global Economy

Steadily improving economies in Germany and the U.K. stand in contrast to a slowdown in China, while Mother Nature thwarts further progress in the U.S., data this week are projected to show.

German business confidence is forecast to hold in February close to the highest level since mid-2011, while growth in the U.K. last year was probably the strongest since 2007. Manufacturing in China stalled this month, according to a Bloomberg survey.