Retail sales plummeted 19.9% terms in April, which followed March’s 5.8% decrease. April’s reading marked the steepest fall on record...
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Switzerland: Retail sales contract at sharpest pace on record in April -
Croatia: Industrial production contracts again in February Industrial production fell 2.1% in working-day adjusted terms over the same month last year in February, a softer drop than... -
Japan: Industrial production growth slows in February Industrial production increased 0.4% in February on a month-on-month and seasonally-adjusted basis, down from the revised 1.0% increase in January... -
Argentina: Contraction in economic activity sharpens at 2020 outset The monthly indicator for economic activity (EMAE, Estimador Mensual de Actividad Económica) fell 1.8% year-on-year in January, after logging a... -
Spain: Current account deficit widens at the turn of 2020 Spain’s current account balance recorded a deficit of EUR 1.7 billion in January, larger than the EUR 1.5 billion deficit... -
Chile: Central Bank braces for recession and slashes benchmark rate to over one-decade low in March At its monetary policy meeting on 31 March, the board of the Central Bank of Chile (BCCh) slashed the monetary... -
United States: Consumer confidence hits almost three-year low in March as households worry about growing pandemic The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index fell to 120.0 in March from February’s revised six-month high of 132.6 (previously reported:... -
United States: Home price growth hits one-year high in January The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite home price index was flat on a month-on-month basis in January, matching December’s figure. When adjusted... -
Spain: Second estimate revises growth down in Q4 2019 but remains healthy Economic activity held healthy and stable in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to a second GDP estimate released by... -
Switzerland: KOF economic barometer plunges in March The KOF economic barometer—a leading composite indicator for the Swiss economy—sank to 92.9 in March from a revised 101.8 points...