Consumer prices increased 0.29% in February in month-on-month terms, up from the 0.11% increase in January. The increase in February...
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Australia: Bushfires keep discouraging shoppers at year outset Nominal retail sales in January dropped 0.3% over the previous month in seasonally-adjusted terms, following December’s sharper 0.7% fall which... -
Peru: Exports fall back at 2020 outset Peru’s trade balance recorded a USD 283 million surplus in January, smaller than December’s USD 1.2 billion surplus and the... -
Croatia: Industrial production in the doldrums at year outset Industrial production dived 5.5% in working-day adjusted terms over the same month last year in January, a sharper drop than... -
Russia: Inflation ticks down to 20-month low in February In February, consumer prices rose 0.3% over the previous month, down slightly from January’s 0.4% increase. According to Rosstat, the... -
Hungary: Industrial production rebounds at the start of 2020 Industrial production rose a working-day-adjusted 2.7% year-on-year in January, contrasting December’s 3.7% fall, according to a first estimate by the... -
Spain: Industrial production falls at sharpest pace in 10 months at 2020 outset Industrial production declined 2.1% year-on-year in seasonally- and calendar-adjusted terms in January, contrasting December’s revised 1.1% expansion (previously reported: +0.8%... -
Saudi Arabia: Coronavirus sparks a price war among OPEC+ members in March Oil prices plunged over the past month, as markets continued to assess how the coronavirus outbreak was hitting the global... -
Taiwan: Consumer prices drop for first time in over a year Consumer prices decreased 1.08% in February compared with the previous month, contrasting January’s revised 0.61% increase (previously reported: +0.59%). The... -
Slovakia: Economic growth picks up in Q4 2019 A second estimate revealed the economy grew 2.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year (previously reported: +2.1% year-on-year),...