The ANZ bank business outlook indicator worsened further in April, hit by lockdown measures enacted to limit the spread of...
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New Zealand: Shattering blow to business confidence in April -
Belgium: Industrial production accelerates in February before imminent downturn in March. In February, industrial production growth accelerated to 2.4% on an annual- and seasonally-adjusted basis, from a revised 0.3% expansion in... -
Germany: Business sentiment drops to historic low in April German business confidence nosedived to a record-low in April, with the ifo Business Climate Index dropping to 74.3 from a... -
Turkey: Business confidence falls to over one-decade low in April Confidence among Turkish firms evaporated in April, with the Real Sector Confidence Index falling from 99.7 in March to 66.8.... -
South Africa: Rand slumps to new all-time low on rising fiscal concerns and surprise Central Bank cut The South African rand (ZAR) sank to a new record low against the U.S. dollar in April amid faltering government... -
Indonesia: Rupiah rebounds in April amid Central Bank intervention The rupiah traded at IDR 15,400 per USD on 24 April, marking a 7.1% appreciation from the same day of... -
Kenya: Authorities unveil stimulus measures; financing needs heighten The government announced a series of relief measures worth around 2.0% of GDP at the end of March, aiming to... -
Mexico: Economic activity falls in February The monthly indicator for economic activity (IGAE) slid 0.2% in seasonally-adjusted, month-on-month terms in February, after flatlining in January. February’s... -
Czech Republic: Economic sentiment plummets to over decade-low in April due to Covid-19 blow The economic sentiment indicator, published by the Czech Statistical Office (CSO), plunged to 74.8 in April (March: 94.4) as Covid-19... -
Belgium: Economic sentiment collapses to record low in April as Covid-19 bites The consumer confidence indicator produced by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) fell from minus 9 in March to minus...