The National Institute of Statistics (Istat)’s composite business confidence indicator (Clima di Fiducia delle Imprese Italiane, IESE)—which covers the manufacturing,...
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Italy: Business confidence ticks up in December -
Italy: Consumer confidence improves in December The consumer confidence index rose to 102.4 in December from 98.4 in November. December’s strengthening was broad based. Particularly sharp... -
Saudi Arabia: Oil prices rise further in December; Saudi Arabia to cut production from February Oil prices continued to rise over the last month, supported by positive developments on the Covid-19 vaccine front and solid... -
UAE: Consumer prices fall at sharper rate in November Consumer prices decreased 0.11% in month-on-month terms in November, swinging from October’s 0.04% increase. The reading reflected lower prices for... -
Chile: Economic activity expands for first time in nine months in November In November, the IMACEC economic activity index rose 0.3% on an annual basis, following a 1.2% contraction in October and... -
Indonesia: Inflation hits highest level since June in December Consumer prices rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.45% over the previous month in December, accelerating from November’s 0.28% increase. December’s result marked... -
Israel: Bank of Israel leaves policy unchanged in January At its 4 January meeting, the Bank of Israel (BoI) left the policy rate at 0.10%. This came after the... -
Turkey: Business confidence picks up in December. Business confidence rose to 106.8 in December from November’s 103.9. As such, the index moved further north of the 100-threshold.... -
Netherlands: Business confidence hits highest reading since March in December. Business confidence rose to minus 0.4 in December from November’s minus 3.8. December’s result marked the best reading since April.... -
Angola: Economic sentiment in the third quarter records worst reading since Q2 2017 The economic sentiment index came in at minus 24.0 in the third quarter, down from the second quarter’s minus 21.0....