At its 1 October monetary policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) trimmed the cash rate from 1.00% to...
Latest News
-
Australia: RBA cuts rate to record low in October in bid to revive growth -
Japan: Business sentiment among big manufacturers sours to over six-year low in Q3 According to the Bank of Japan’s quarterly Tankan business survey, sentiment among large manufacturers in Q3 2019 declined to the... -
Canada: Economic activity stalls in July, ending a streak of four consecutive monthly gains Economic growth was unchanged month-on-month in July, down from June’s 0.2% increase and undershooting analysts’ expectations of a 0.1% expansion.... -
Chile: Economic activity growth surges to nine-month high in August In August, the IMACEC economic activity index jumped 3.7% year-on-year, accelerating from July’s 3.2% increase and marking the strongest expansion... -
Colombia: Exports plummet at the fastest pace in eight months in August Exports sank 11.6% over the same month of the previous year in August, following the 9.9% year-on-year decline in July.... -
Mexico: Remittances increase at fastest clip in nine months in August Remittances totaled USD 3.4 billion in August (July: USD 3.3 billion), a 17.0% surge from the same month a year... -
Ecuador: Economy grows at the weakest pace in nearly three years in Q2 The economy lost traction again in the second quarter, with GDP growth in annual terms halving to 0.3% from 0.6%... -
Chile: Copper prices marginally up in September Although copper prices jumped in the first half of September on optimism over trade talks, they fell markedly thereafter, weighed... -
Estonia: Industrial output continues sliding in August Industrial output fell 2.5% in annual working-day adjusted terms in August, compared to a sharper 5.5% year-on-year (previously reported: +5.3%)... -
Korea: Forward-looking manufacturing business confidence ticks up in October The Bank of Korea’s forward-looking business confidence indicator for manufacturers ticked up to 73 in October from 72 in September,...