Total non-farm payrolls increased by 916,000 in March, beating analysts’ expectations of a 647,000 increase. This follows February’s 468,000 increase...
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United States: Labor market conditions continue to improve in March -
Serbia: Industrial output grows at fastest pace in 10 months in February Industrial output rose 2.6% in year-on-year terms in February, which was above January’s 2.5% increase. The result was due to... -
Serbia: Inflation hits highest level since December 2020 in February Consumer prices rose 0.60% over the previous month in February, picking up from January’s 0.40% rise. February’s reading was the... -
Australia: Retail sales drops in February Nominal retail sales in February declined 0.8% over the previous month in seasonally-adjusted terms, swinging from November’s 0.3% uptick. The... -
New Zealand: Consumer confidence dips in March The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence indicator dipped to 110.8 in March from February’s 113.1. Nonetheless, it remained comfortably above the... -
Switzerland: Consumer prices continue to fall on an annual basis in March Consumer prices increased 0.34% in March over the previous month, accelerating from the 0.16% rise recorded in February. March’s uptick... -
Switzerland: Retail sales drop at sharpest rate since April 2020 in February Retail sales dived 6.3% year-on-year in calendar-adjusted terms in February, which was a deterioration from January’s 0.7% decrease. The outturn... -
Thailand: Manufacturing production dips in February Manufacturing output fell 0.3% in month-on-month seasonally-adjusted terms in February, which contrasted January’s 0.4% increase. On an annual basis, manufacturing... -
Japan: Business sentiment improves in Q1, turns optimistic among large manufacturers Business sentiment among large manufacturers—according to the Bank of Japan’s closely watched Tankan survey—came in at plus 5 in Q1,... -
Canada: GDP growth accelerates in January; Preliminary estimate points to a slight slowdown in February The economy grew 0.7% month-on-month in January, picking up from December’s 0.1% increase, and beating Statistics Canada’s preliminary estimate of...