At its 28–29 January monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously voted to maintain its target...
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United States: Fed remains on hold at outset of 2020 and continues to signal steady policy ahead -
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... -
Mexico: Exports rebound in the final month of 2019 Exports rose 3.0% year-on-year in December 2019, rebounding from November’s 2.9% dip and putting an end to three consecutive months... -
Austria: Consumer sentiment remains pessimistic in December Austrian consumers remained firmly pessimistic in December, with the consumer confidence index stable at November’s minus 4. December’s print reflected...