Consumer prices increased 1.68% in April over the previous month, accelerating from March’s 1.08% rise. The print reflected a jump...
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Turkey: Inflation rises to near two-year high in April -
Korea: Inflation comes in above BoK’s 2% target in April Consumer prices increased 0.21% in April over the previous month, picking up from the 0.15% rise recorded in March. Looking... -
Malaysia: Merchandise exports hit over 10-year high in March Merchandise export growth soared to an over 10-year high in March, jumping 36.4% year-on-year in USD terms, following February’s 20.6%... -
Hong Kong: Retail sales growth eases in March Retail sales growth decelerated to 19.8% in year-on-year terms in March, after soaring 31.5% in February. Looking at the details... -
Kazakhstan: Inflation remains stable in April Consumer prices rose 0.85% from the previous month in April, accelerating from the 0.62% rise seen in March. April’s result... -
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....