At its 16–17 June meeting, the Central Bank of Brazil’s Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) unanimously decided to chop the benchmark...
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Brazil: COPOM chops key interest rate to new record low in June; leaves door open for additional easing -
Indonesia: Retail sales contract at sharpest rate since November 2008 in April Retail sales decreased 16.9% year-on-year in April (March: -4.5% yoy). April’s reading marked the worst result since November 2008, and... -
Finland: Economic activity drops at sharpest rate in over a decade in April Economic activity fell 7.9% year-on-year in working-day adjusted terms in April, worsening from March’s downwardly-revised 5.7% decrease (previously reported: -2.7%... -
United Kingdom: Labor market continues to soften midway through Q2 The latest data suggests the labor market is weakening markedly in Q2, although it is difficult to gauge the precise... -
Japan: Bank of Japan leaves its monetary policy unchanged in June At its monetary policy meeting ending on 16 June, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its monetary policy unchanged, although... -
Chile: Central Bank leaves monetary policy rate at technical minimum and expands unconventional stimulus in June At its monetary policy meeting on 16 June the board of the Central Bank of Chile (BCCh) left the monetary... -
Croatia: Consumer prices record largest fall in nearly four years in May Consumer prices increased 0.10% over the last month in May, swinging from April’s 0.20% drop. May’s upturn was primarily driven... -
United States: Retail sales jump at the fastest pace on record in May Nominal retail sales surged at the fastest rate in the series’ near three-decade history in May, jumping 17.7% in month-on-month... -
Germany: Inflation drops to lowest level since August 2016 in May Harmonized consumer prices were unchanged from the previous month in May, below the 0.4% increase logged in April. May’s result... -
Poland: Central Bank keeps rates at all-time low level in June; reaffirms quantitative easing On 16 June, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) kept the reference rate unchanged at an all-time low of 0.10%....