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Australia: Government approves first-aid stimulus package to cushion coronavirus blow -
Japan: Exports drop for the 15th month running in February Yen-denominated merchandise exports fell 1.0% in February in year-on-year terms, after dropping 2.6% in January, largely due to lower machinery... -
Indonesia: Rupiah plunges despite Central Bank intervention as coronavirus fears cause flight to safety The rupiah traded at IDR 15,218 per USD on 18 March, marking a 10.2% depreciation from the same day of... -
Chile: Economy contracts at sharpest pace in over a decade in Q4 2019 The economy contracted 2.1% in the fourth quarter of last year, contrasting the third quarter’s 3.4% expansion and marking the... -
South Africa: SARB slashes rates as coronavirus darkens economic outlook At its meeting ending 18 March, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) unanimously decided... -
Ghana: Bank of Ghana slashes key interest rate to near eight-year low as global pandemic threatens growth In an emergency meeting on 18 March, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) slashed its... -
Brazil: COPOM slashes key interest rate to new record low in March At its 17–18 March meeting, the Central Bank of Brazil’s Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) unanimously voted to cut the benchmark... -
Canada: Housing prices increase robustly in February House prices increased 0.4% on a month-on-month non-seasonally-adjusted basis in February, according to the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index,... -
Canada: Inflation remains above the Bank’s target for the fourth straight month in February Consumer prices increased 0.1% from a month earlier on a seasonally-adjusted basis in February, virtually the same as January’s uptick.... -
Croatia: Inflation drops in February on falling fuel prices Consumer prices dropped 0.3% over the previous month in February, matching January’s fall. February’s decrease was largely driven by falling...