On 9 April Israelis head to the polls to choose the 120 members of the Knesset, the country’s unicameral parliament....
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Mexico: Trade surplus hides downbeat manufacturing in February Merchandise trade recorded a sizable USD 1.2 billion surplus in February, up from the USD 0.9 billion windfall registered in... -
France: Consumer confidence inches up in March Consumer confidence recovered further in March, according to the consumer confidence survey published by the National Institute of Statistics and... -
Sweden: Economic sentiment edges down in March The economic tendency indicator fell from February’s revised 101.9 (previously reported: 102.4) to 101.7 in March. Values above 100.0 indicate... -
Hungary: MNB sends dovish signals despite one-off overnight deposit rate hike in March At its latest monetary policy meeting on 26 March, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) raised the... -
New Zealand: RBNZ leaves OCR unchanged in March despite dovish turn At its second meeting of the year, on 27 March, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) left the official... -
Kenya: Central Bank keeps rate steady At its latest meeting held on 27 March, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Kenya’s Central Bank held its benchmark... -
Germany: Consumer confidence expected to ease somewhat in April Sentiment among German consumers is expected to ease in April according to the GfK Group Consumer Climate Index, which edged... -
France: Business confidence stabilizes through Q1 In March, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies’ (INSEE) business-climate indicator for the manufacturing sector was roughly stable... -
United States: Consumer confidence steeply declines in March as present situation sentiment falls from near 20-year high The Conference Board’s monthly consumer confidence index fell from 131.4 in February to 124.1 in March, markedly underwhelming market expectations...