At its 31 March meeting, the Board of Directors of Colombia’s Central Bank (BanRep) voted to increase the benchmark interest...
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Colombia: BanRep surprises and slows tightening of conditions in March -
Guatemala: Central Bank keeps rate unchanged in March The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) stood pat at its 30 March meeting, keeping the monetary... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank delivers 50 basis point hike in March At its end-March meeting, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) decided to increase its policy rate by 50... -
Costa Rica: Q4 GDP records softest reading since Q1 2021 GDP growth moderated to 9.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, from 12.6% in the third quarter. Q4’s reading marked the... -
Slovenia: Inflation slides in March due to government regulation of electricity prices Consumer prices dropped 1.11% in March over the previous month, swinging from February’s 1.38% rise. March’s result marked the weakest... -
Angola: Economy grows at quickest pace in four years in Q4 2021 GDP growth gathered steam to reach 2.2% year on year in the final quarter of last year, up from 0.9%... -
Korea: Industrial output growth moderates in February Industrial output rose 3.9% compared to the same month a year earlier in February in seasonally-adjusted terms, which followed January’s... -
Korea: Business confidence among manufacturing firms deteriorates in April Business confidence among manufacturing firms came in at 85.0 in April, down from March’s 93.0. April’s result marked the weakest... -
Austria: Consumer confidence records worst reading since April 2009 in March Consumer confidence came in at minus 20.0 in March, down from February’s minus 8.0. March’s result marked the worst reading... -
Netherlands: Business confidence rises in March, outlook darkens amid war in Ukraine Business confidence rose from 8.5 in February to 8.7 in March. Consequently, the index remained comfortably above the neutral zero-threshold,...