At its 30–31 July monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to cut its target range...
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United States: Fed cuts federal funds rate in July for first time since the financial crisis -
Canada: Economic activity expands for the third straight month in May The economy expanded 0.2% month-on-month in May, slightly down from April’s 0.3% increase but beating analysts’ expectations of a 0.1%... -
Spain: Growth slows in Q2 on weaker domestic demand Economic activity moderated in the second quarter, according to an advance GDP estimate released by the National Statistics Institute (INE)... -
Brazil: COPOM chops SELIC rate to new record low At its 30–31 July meeting, the Central Bank of Brazil’s Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) unanimously decided to cut the benchmark... -
Japan: BoJ keeps monetary policy unchanged in July, vows to expand stimulus if inflation falters At its 30 July meeting, board members at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided in a seven-to-two vote to keep... -
Mexico: Economy contracts year-on-year in Q2 but avoids technical recession The economy contracted for the first time since late 2009 in the second quarter, according to a preliminary GDP estimate... -
Estonia: Industrial production falls at the sharpest rate in over three years in June Industrial output fell 3.8% in annual working-day adjusted terms in June, contrasting a 1.2% year-on-year increase in May. June’s reading... -
Korea: Industrial production falls in June, rounds out a weak second quarter Industrial production fell 2.9% in annual terms in June, contrasting the revised 0.2% increase registered in May (previously reported: -0.2%... -
Taiwan: Growth hits one-year high in Q2 on firmer external demand and reshoring investment The economy expanded 2.4% year-on-year in the second quarter according to an advance GDP estimate, up from Q1’s 1.7% and... -
Japan: Consumer confidence falls to over five-year low in July Consumer sentiment declined from 38.7 in June to 37.8 in July. The print represented the lowest reading since April 2014...