Seasonally-adjusted employment rose by 13,500 in January, following a revised 28,700 job addition in December (previously reported: +28,900). January’s result...
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Poland: Industrial sector struggles at the outset of the year Industrial output rose a timid 1.1% year-on-year in January, following the stronger 3.8% uptick recorded in December, according to the... -
Hong Kong: Inflation sinks lower at outset of the year Inflation dropped to 1.4% in January from 2.9% in December. When accounting for the effects of one-off government relief measures,... -
China: New yuan loans reach a record high in January, while M2 growth decelerates In January, Chinese banks distributed CNY 3.34 trillion (USD 476 billion) in new yuan loans. This marked a record high... -
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia cuts rates in February to offset coronavirus impact At its 19–20 February monetary policy meeting, Bank Indonesia (BI) trimmed the seven-day reverse repo rate to 4.75% from 5.00%.... -
Germany: Consumer confidence estimated to inch down in March The forward-looking GfK Consumer Climate index signaled a slight drop in German consumer confidence at the close of the first... -
Netherlands: Consumer sentiment improves but remains pessimistic in February Consumer confidence inched up to minus 2 in February from minus 3 in January, highlighting continued pessimism among Dutch consumers... -
Turkey: Consumer confidence falls to four-month low in February Consumer sentiment in Turkey fell to 57.3 in February, a four-month low, from 58.8 in January. Consequently, the index remained... -
Egypt: Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged in February At its monetary policy meeting on 20 February, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) left all interest rates unchanged for... -
Luxembourg: Unemployment rate ticks up in February In February, the number of unemployed workers stood at 16,652, which was up 1.1% from January’s print of 16,476. Meanwhile,...