Retail sales dropped 0.5% year-on-year in calendar-adjusted terms in January, which contrasted December’s 5.4% increase. January’s figure marked the worst...
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Switzerland: Retail sales fall at sharpest pace since April 2020 in January -
Turkey: Economy grows at softer annual pace in the fourth quarter GDP expanded 5.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2020, softening from the third quarter’s 6.3% rise and coming in... -
Kazakhstan: Inflation remains steady in February Consumer prices rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.65% in February over the previous month, picking up from January’s 0.60% rise. The slight... -
Estonia: Economy shrinks at softer rate in Q4 2020 GDP fell 1.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2020, amid rising Covid-19 cases and associated containment measures. Nevertheless, the... -
Lithuania: GDP stumbles back to decline in Q4 According to a second estimate released on 1 March, GDP slipped 1.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2020, contrasting... -
Egypt: GDP returns to growth in Q1 of FY 2021 The economy expanded 0.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of FY 2021 (July–September 2020), according to estimates released by the... -
Panama: GDP contraction moderates in Q4, but economy still shrinks significantly in 2020 as a whole According to a preliminary reading, GDP declined 10.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, softening notably from the 23.6% contraction seen... -
Vietnam: Industrial output shrinks for first time in 10 months in February Industrial production fell 6.1% year-on-year in February (January: +24.4% yoy). February’s print marked the first downturn since May 2020 and... -
Belgium: Activity falls into contractionary territory in Q4 A second release showed GDP contracted 0.1% in seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter terms in the fourth quarter of last year (previously reported:... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank keeps rates steady in February, but provides extra financing to firms At its end-February meeting, the Central Bank (BCRD) kept the policy rate at 3.00% for the sixth month running. However,...