On 28 May, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) left the base rate at its current record...
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Korea: Forward-looking business confidence falls in June The Bank of Korea’s forward-looking business confidence indicator (BSI) for manufacturers ticked down to 75 in June from 77 in... -
Switzerland: KOF economic barometer dips in May The KOF economic barometer—a leading composite indicator for the Swiss economy, which forecasts a six-month period—dropped to 94.4 points in... -
Denmark: Business sentiment in the industrial sector improves for third consecutive month in May Business confidence among firms in the industrial sector inched up to minus 2 points in May from minus 3 points... -
Austria: Economy grows at a faster pace than previously estimated A second reading of national accounts data revealed that the economy grew at a faster pace than previously estimated in... -
Canada: Bank of Canada leaves rates unchanged in May On 29 May, the Bank of Canada (BoC) left its target for the overnight rate unchanged at 1.75% as had... -
France: Domestic demand bounces back, 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... -
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... -
Sweden: Economic sentiment worsens to an over half-decade low in May The economic tendency indicator fell to 99.8 points in May from April’s revised 102.5 points (previously reported: 102.7 points), representing... -
Venezuela: Rare release of Central Bank data reveals magnitude of crisis On 28 May, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) released macroeconomic data for the first time in nearly four years,...