Retail sales increased 18.8% year-on-year in May (April: +38.3% yoy). May’s notable downturn largely reflected easing large chain stores and...
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Spain: Retail sales growth deteriorates in May -
Austria: Consumer confidence stable in June Consumer confidence was stable at May’s minus 2 in June, the best print since August 2019. However, the index remained... -
Luxembourg: Unemployment rate tricks down in May In May, the number of unemployed workers came in at 17,340, which was down 5.0% from April’s result of 18,249.... -
Mexico: Merchandise exports and imports post record growth in May on base effect Merchandise exports jumped 125.2% annually in May, on the heels of April’s 75.6% upturn. May’s reading marked the strongest growth... -
Russia: Consumer confidence continues to recover but remains downbeat in Q2 The consumer confidence index, published by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) on 28 June, rose to minus 18 points in... -
Colombia: BanRep holds rate in June At its 28 June meeting, the Board of Directors of Colombia’s Central Bank (BanRep) kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged... -
Thailand: Manufacturing activity improves in May Manufacturing output was unchanged month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms in May, improving from April’s 0.4% decline. On an annual basis, manufacturing... -
Brazil: Business confidence hits highest reading since November 2021 in June The Getulio Vargas Foundation’s (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) industrial business confidence index came in at 101.2 in June, up from May’s... -
United States: Consumer confidence rises slightly in July Consumer confidence came in at 129.1 in July, up from June’s 128.9. Consequently, the index moved further above the 100-threshold,... -
United Kingdom: Consumer confidence steady in June Consumer confidence was unchanged at May’s minus 9.0 in June, marking the joint-highest reading since March 2020. Consumers’ greater optimism...