Retail sales by volume fell 5.0% year-on-year in April, worsening from the 0.8% contraction logged in March. The print was...
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Hong Kong: Retail sales contract for third consecutive month in April -
Vietnam: Industrial production growth accelerates in May Industrial production rose 10.0% in annual terms in May, up from April’s 9.3% increase. May’s reading was driven by strong... -
Belgium: Growth slips in Q1 Belgium’s economy grew a seasonally-adjusted 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter (previously reported: +0.2% quarter-on-quarter s.a.; Q4 2018: +0.4% qoq... -
France: Domestic demand propels growth in Q1 France’s economy grew a seasonally-adjusted 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter, according to a comprehensive estimate released by the Statistical... -
Vietnam: Inflation unchanged in May According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, consumer prices rose 0.49% in May over the prior month, up from... -
United States: Second reading revises Q1 growth down on steeper investment slowdown and smaller inventory build-up Economic growth in the first quarter was slightly lower than previously reported, according to a second GDP estimate released by... -
Portugal: Contraction of industrial sector eases in April The industrial sector showed improvements at the start of the second quarter, with the rate of decline easing notably in... -
Israel: Fresh elections called after Netanyahu fails to form a coalition; economic fallout to be limited On 29 May, MPs voted to dissolve Parliament, triggering fresh elections for 17 September, after incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... -
Brazil: GDP contracts in Q1 for the first time since 2016 National accounts revealed that Brazil’s economic recovery stalled at the start of 2019, with GDP contracting in sequential terms for... -
Austria: Consumer sentiment rises in May Consumers were neither pessimistic nor optimistic in May, with the consumer confidence index rising to the neutral zero-point mark in...