In January, consumer sentiment rose to 104 after stumbling to 102 in December due to country-wide strikes. As such, the...
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Slovenia: Prime minister steps down amid stalled reform drive On 27 January, Slovenia’s Prime Minister Marjan Sarec unexpectedly stepped down and called for a snap election, citing lacking parliamentary... -
United States: Fed remains on hold at outset of 2020 and continues to signal steady policy ahead At its 28–29 January monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously voted to maintain its target... -
Vietnam: Inflation reaches multi-year high in January According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, consumer prices rose 1.23% in January over the prior month, down from... -
Vietnam: Industrial production declines in January on Lunar New Year celebrations Industrial production contracted 5.5% in January year-on-year, contrasting December’s 6.2% expansion. January’s reading was driven chiefly by lower output in... -
Korea: Consumer confidence hits a 19-month high in January The Bank of Korea’s composite consumer sentiment index increased to 104.2 in January—the highest level since June 2018—from 100.5 in... -
Ukraine: Industrial output sinks to over four-year low in December Industrial production plunged 7.7% over the same month last year in December, marking the worst reading since July 2015. The... -
Belarus: Growth slumps to three-year low in 2019 According to the first national accounts estimate released by Belarus’ Statistical Institute (Belstat), annual growth sunk to 1.2% in 2019... -
Spain: Unemployment rate inches down to its lowest in 11 years in Q4 2019 The jobless rate inched down from 13.9% in the third quarter to 13.8% in the final quarter of 2019, the... -
Australia: Business sentiment closes 2019 at over six-year low in December amid extensive wildfires The business confidence index produced by National Australia Bank (NAB) fell to minus 2.0 points in December, from plus 0.1...