Industrial production increased 8.1% in February (January: +8.5% yoy). In cumulative terms, there was a slight loss of momentum in...
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Belarus: Industrial output growth slows in February amid an unfavorable base effect -
Mexico: GDP declines at softer rate in Q4; records worst annual contraction in at least 25 years Expenditure-based national accounts data released by the Statistical Institute on 19 March confirmed that GDP fell 4.3% year-on-year in the... -
Japan: Bank of Japan leaves rates unchanged at March meeting; adjusts monetary policy following review At its meeting ending on 19 March, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its monetary stance unchanged against a backdrop... -
Poland: Decline in retail sales softens in February Retail sales dropped 2.7% year-on-year in February (January: -6.0% yoy). The softer contraction came on the back of an upturn... -
Egypt: Central Bank holds rates steady in March At its monetary policy meeting on 18 March, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) kept the overnight deposit, overnight lending... -
Australia: Unemployment rate falls strongly beating market expectations Seasonally-adjusted employment increased by 88,700 in February, following revised 29,500 jobs gain in January (previously reported: +29,100) and easily beating... -
New Zealand: The economy swings back to contraction in Q4 as border closure hits tourism sector hard GDP dropped 1.0% in seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter terms in Q4 2020, as the important tourism sector was weighed down by border... -
Indonesia: Central Bank stands pat in March; pledges to support rupiah At its monetary policy meeting held on 17–18 March, Bank Indonesia (BI) decided to leave the seven-day reverse repo rate... -
Taiwan: Central Bank holds policy stable in March amid improving economic backdrop At its monetary policy meeting on 18 March, the Board of Directors of Taiwan’s Central Bank kept rates unchanged, with... -
Turkey: Central Bank aggressively tightens stance in March At its 18 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Turkey raised the one-week repo rate...