Consumer prices rose 0.85% from the previous month in April, accelerating from the 0.62% rise seen in March. April’s result...
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Kazakhstan: Inflation remains stable in April -
Hong Kong: GDP expands for the first time since Q2 2019 in the first quarter of the year GDP grew 7.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of the year, after falling 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020.... -
Indonesia: Inflation stable in April Consumer prices rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.13% over the previous month in April, following March’s 0.10% increase. April’s result was driven... -
Korea: Merchandise exports rise at a faster pace in April Merchandise exports shot up 41.1% on an annual basis in April, on the heels of March’s 16.5% jump, amid an... -
Czech Republic: Pace of economic contraction softens in Q1 The economy shrank 2.1% on a seasonally-adjusted year-on-year basis in Q1 2021, amid another wave of Covid-19 infections which prompted... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank keeps rates steady in April At its end-April meeting, the Central Bank decided to keep the policy rate at 3.00% for the eighth month running.... -
Japan: Consumer sentiment deteriorates in April The consumer confidence survey came in at 34.7 in April, down from the 36.1 clocked in March. As a result,... -
Korea: Industrial output growth speeds up in March Industrial output expanded 4.7% compared to the same month a year earlier in March, which followed February’s 0.9% increase, despite... -
Spain: Retail sales surge on an extremely low-base effect in March Retail sales jumped 18.1% compared to the same month of 2020 in March 2021, after plunging 9.6% in February, benefiting... -
Spain: Economy swings back to contraction in Q1 amid tighter restrictions The economy fell back into contraction in the first quarter of 2021, as the tightening of restrictions amid another wave...