A second estimate of national accounts data revealed that the first-quarter slowdown was milder than previously estimated, with annual growth...
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Ukraine: Growth falls to over one-year low in Q1 -
Ghana: Growth ticks down in Q1 but rapid nonetheless According to a preliminary estimate released by Ghana’s Statistical Institute, the economy expanded 6.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of... -
Norway: Norges Bank hikes the key policy rate in June The executive board of Norges Bank voted unanimously to raise the sight deposit rate to 1.25% from 1.00% at its... -
Japan: Exports contract for sixth consecutive month in May on rising global trade tensions Nominal yen-denominated merchandise exports fell 7.8% year-on-year in May, below April’s 2.4% decline. The result was the sixth consecutive contraction... -
Uruguay: Economy contracts for first time in over three years in Q1 The economy shrank 0.2% year-on-year in the first quarter, contrasting the fourth quarter’s 0.6% expansion and marking the first contraction... -
New Zealand: Growth stable in Q1 The economy expanded 0.6% in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms in the first quarter, unchanged from Q4 2018’s result. Likewise, on a... -
Belgium: Consumer confidence erases gains in June The consumer confidence indicator produced by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) fell 2 points in June to minus 7... -
Netherlands: Consumer confidence improves in June Consumer sentiment in the Netherlands rose from minus 3 in May to a neutral 0 in June, coming above the... -
Turkey: Consumer confidence ticks up from record-low in June Sentiment among Turks remained deeply rooted in pessimism despite a rise in the consumer confidence index from 55.3 in May... -
Luxembourg: Unemployment rate ticks up in May In May, the number of unemployed workers stood at 15,124, down 2.2% from April’s result, while the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate...