At its monetary policy meeting held on 19–20 April, Bank Indonesia (BI) decided to leave the seven-day reverse repo rate...
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Peru: April elections end in two-way presidential run-off and a fragmented Congress The general elections on 11 April have produced a fragmented Congress and a presidential race where no candidate won more... -
United Kingdom: Labor market remains solid in Q1 According to the ONS, in December–February the unemployment rate dipped to 4.9% from 5.0% in the previous rolling quarter. Experimental... -
Canada: Housing prices growth hits the highest level since September 2017 in March According to the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index, house price growth accelerated to 1.5% on a month-on-month non-seasonally-adjusted basis... -
Japan: Exports rocket in April Yen-denominated merchandise exports jumped 38.0% on an annual basis in April, on the heels of March’s 16.1% upturn. April’s result... -
Guatemala: Growth in remittances surges in March Remittances totaled USD 1,285.6 million in March, jumping 72.2% year-on-year (January: +16.7% yoy). In the 12 months up to March,... -
Australia: Consumer sentiment at over 10-year high in April The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index surged to 118.8 in April from 111.8 in March, logging the strongest reading in... -
Australia: Business confidence weakens but remains strongly upbeat in March The business confidence index produced by National Australia Bank (NAB) dropped to 15.5 points in March from 17.8 points in... -
Israel: Bank of Israel leaves policy unchanged in April as economic outlook brightens At its 19 April meeting, the Bank of Israel (BoI) left the policy rate at 0.10%. The decision was driven... -
Canada: Housing starts increase in March at the strongest pace since current records began in 1977 Housing starts surged to 335,200 units on a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) basis in March according to the Canada Mortgage...