At its first meeting of 2021 on 19–20 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of Brazil’s Central Bank unanimously decided...
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United Kingdom: Inflation increases in December Consumer prices rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.26% in December over the previous month, swinging from the 0.15% drop recorded in November.... -
Turkey: Current account deficit widens in November Turkeys current account recorded a USD 4.1 billion deficit in November (November 2019: USD 0.0 billion; October 2019: USD -0.3... -
Ecuador: February elections signal choice between policy continuity or interventionist approach On 7 February, Ecuadoreans will head to the polls to elect a new president and members of the 137-seat National... -
Russia: Consumer confidence plunges in Q4 The consumer confidence index, published by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) on 19 December, slumped to minus 26 points in... -
Belarus: Industrial activity drops at sharpest rate since May in December Industrial output dropped 0.7% in year-on-year terms in December, which was a deterioration from November’s 4.3% increase. The outturn marked... -
Russia: Consumer confidence plunges in Q4 The consumer confidence index, published by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) on 19 December, slumped to minus 26 points in... -
Colombia: Decline in industrial activity softens in November Industrial output decreased 0.2% in annual terms in November, dropping at a weaker rate than October’s 2.6% decline and logging... -
Chile: Business confidence down in December Business confidence fell to 48.0 in December from November’s 54.2, which had marked the strongest sentiment since February 2019. Consequently,... -
China: Nominal fixed investment growth rises in December Nominal urban fixed asset investment grew 2.9% in December (November: +2.6%) in cumulative terms. December’s print marked the strongest expansion...