In April, the French Statistical Institute’s (INSEE) business climate indicator for the manufacturing sector fell to 82 in April from...
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France: Business confidence plummets to over one-decade low in April -
Korea: Government provides additional stimulus to support job retention The recent slack in the labor market brought on by containment measures prompted the government to unleash another round of... -
Denmark: Consumer confidence in April falls to the lowest level since December 2008 The consumer confidence index released by Statistics Denmark plunged to minus 11.9 in April from 0.4 in March. Consequently, the... -
Canada: Inflation eases to the lowest level since May 2015 in March Consumer prices decreased 0.9% from a month earlier on a seasonally-adjusted basis in March, contrasting the 0.1% uptick in February.... -
South Africa: Inflation moderates in March Consumer prices rose 0.3% in March, slowing from February’s 1.0% increase. According to the Statistical Institute, the moderation reflected lower... -
Malaysia: Inflation stable in March Consumer prices fell 1.2% over the prior month in March, down from February’s flat reading. Plunging transport prices, and lower... -
Guatemala: Government announces fiscal bandage to curb Covid-19 fallout Over the course of late March and early April, Congress approved various fiscal aid packages tabled by the government to... -
Panama: Government announces fiscal response to coronavirus pandemic fallout In the face of the growing coronavirus pandemic, the government raised USD 2.5 billion in global debt markets on 26... -
Argentina: Government unveils debt restructuring proposal amid coronavirus crisis Following the government’s decision, in early April, to unilaterally postpone payments on USD 10 billion of foreign currency debt governed... -
Brazil: Government announces war budget to combat coronavirus economic fallout; investors on edge over burdensome debt load In early April, the Brazilian government announced it would create a “war budget” to tackle the domestic economic fallout from...