At its 26–29 January meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana decided to keep the policy rate...
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India: 2021–2022 budget seeks to support medium-term growth, while reining in the deficit On 1 February, the government unveiled its union budget for fiscal year 2021, which runs from April 2021 to March... -
Indonesia: Inflation moderates in January Consumer prices rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.26% over the previous month in January, decelerating from December’s 0.45% increase, which had marked... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank keeps rates steady in January At its end-January meeting, the Central Bank (BCRD) kept the policy rate at 3.00% for the fifth month running, following... -
Austria: Consumer confidence falls in January Consumer confidence fell to minus 13.0 in January from December’s minus 12.0. As a result, the index moved further south... -
Hong Kong: Economy continues to recover in Q4 GDP contracted at a milder rate of 3.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, after falling 3.6% in the third quarter.... -
Portugal: Industrial activity contracts at sharpest pace since July in December Industrial output dropped 4.4% compared to the same month of the previous year in December, which was a deterioration from... -
Croatia: Industrial output bounces back in December Industrial output grew 0.3% year-on-year in working-day adjusted terms in December 2020, rebounding from November’s 1.7% contraction. December’s upturn came... -
Korea: Industrial output growth gains steam in December Industrial production increased 3.4% year-on-year in December (November: +0.5% yoy). As a result, industrial production grew 0.5% in annual terms... -
Argentina: Consumer confidence dips at beginning of 2021 The Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) consumer confidence index decreased to 38.2 in January from 39.3 in December. Therefore, the...