Economic activity nosedived 40.5% compared to the same month a year earlier in April, which was a deterioration from March’s...
News Category: Economic Activity
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Peru: Activity contracts at sharpest pace on record in April -
Ecuador: Economic activity drops again in April Economic activity dropped 2.8% year-on-year in April (March: -3.3% year-on-year) according to the monthly economic activity indicator (IDEAC) released by... -
Costa Rica: Economy contracts sharply for second consecutive month in April Economic activity decreased 5.7% in year-on-year terms in April, down from the revised 5.5% decrease recorded in March, according to... -
Panama: Economy slows in March due to lockdown measures Economic activity increased 1.4% in year-in-year terms in March, which followed February’s 1.7% increase. March’s reading marked the weakest growth... -
Dominican Republic: Economic activity plunges in April Economic activity was down 29.8% year-on-year in April (March: -9.4% year-on-year) due to Covid-19 containment measures, which included a curfew,... -
Israel: Composite State of the Economy Index falls at sharpest pace since October 2001 in April The Bank of Israel’s Composite State of the Economy Index dropped 0.33% month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms in April. The result... -
Chile: Economic activity plunges at the fastest rate on record in April In April, the IMACEC economic activity index sank 14.1% on an annual basis (March: -3.5% year-on-year), marking the largest drop... -
Mexico: Economic activity shrinks at fastest rate in over a decade in March The monthly indicator for economic activity (IGAE) fell 1.3% in seasonally-adjusted, month-on-month terms in March, following February’s 0.6% slip and... -
Argentina: Economic activity contacts at sharpest pace since May 2009 in March amid lockdown The monthly indicator for economic activity (EMAE, Estimador Mensual de Actividad Económica) plunged 11.5% year-on-year in March (February: -2.4% yoy),... -
Guatemala: Economic activity contracts at steep pace in March Economic activity contracted 4.9% year-on-year in March, swinging from the 2.8% expansion logged in February and coming on the back...