Economic activity tumbled 32.8% year-on-year in May, as measures enacted to contain the spread of Covid-19 continued to impair activity...
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Peru: Economic activity drops heavily in May -
Dominican Republic: Inflation rebounds in June Consumer prices rose 1.70% over the prior month in June, contrasting May’s 0.11% fall. June’s reading was driven by significantly... -
Guatemala: Economic activity sinks in May Economic activity in Guatemala contracted 11.8% year-on-year in May, deteriorating from April’s revised 10.7% fall. The data highlights that the... -
Dominican Republic: Contraction in economic activity eases in May Economic activity was down 13.6% year-on-year in May. While softer than April’s 29.8% drop—thanks to the easing of some social... -
United Kingdom: Labor market remains soft at the end of Q2 While the headline unemployment rate remained at 3.9% in the March–May period according to recent data, this masks the significant... -
United States: Retail sales continue to grow robustly in June Nominal retail sales increased 7.5% in month-on-month seasonally-adjusted terms in June. Despite decelerating from May’s 18.2% record pace of growth,... -
Belarus: Industrial output records quickest growth since December 2019 in June Industrial output rose 0.9% year-on-year in June (May: -4.3% yoy). The print marked the strongest rise since December 2019. Manufacturing... -
New Zealand: Inflation falls back in Q2 amid coronavirus blow Consumer prices fell at a four-and-a-half-year sharp rate of 0.48% in Q2 2020 over the previous quarter amid economic havoc... -
Colombia: Industrial output drops again in May Industrial production dropped 26.2% year-on-year in May, marking the second worst reading on record after April’s 35.8% plunge. The contraction... -
Angola: Cabinda prices recover some lost ground in June but remain depressed Angola’s Cabinda crude oil sold at USD 41.1 per barrel (pb) on average in June, up from May’s USD 27.9...