At its end-December meeting, the Central Bank (BCRD) kept the policy rate at 3.00% for the fourth month running, following...
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Portugal: Industrial output dips in November Industrial output slid 3.6% compared to the same month a year earlier in November, which contrasted October’s 0.4% increase. Looking... -
Korea: Industrial output rebounds in November Industrial production increased 0.5% in November in annual terms (October: -2.0% yoy). On a monthly basis, industrial output rose 0.3%... -
United Kingdom: House price growth rises to six-year high in December According to the Nationwide Building Society, house prices in the United Kingdom rose 0.8% month-on-month in December, following November’s 0.9%... -
Switzerland: KOF Economic Barometer inches up in December The KOF Economic Barometer—a leading composite indicator for the Swiss economy—rose from 103.7 in November to 104.3 in December, slightly... -
Cyprus: Industrial output contracts more sharply in October Industrial output contracted 5.3% compared to the same month of the previous year in October, following September’s 2.9% decrease. Looking... -
Russia: Third estimate confirms softer GDP contraction in Q3 A third national accounts estimate, released by Rosstat on 30 December, confirmed that GDP contracted 3.4% year-on-year in the third... -
Belarus: GDP contraction eases significantly in Q3 A second estimate revealed the economy shrank 0.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2020, easing from the second quarter’s... -
Costa Rica: GDP contracts at a softer rate in Q3 The economy shrank again in the third quarter, although at a notably softer pace than in the second (Q3: -7.2%... -
Slovenia: Consumer prices record largest decline since May in December Consumer prices dropped a seasonally-adjusted 0.32% in December over the previous month, a more moderate decrease than November’s 0.76% drop....