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Thailand: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expected to hold on to power in first election since 2014 -
Ghana: Cedi continues to plummet following policy rate cut The Ghanaian cedi plunged after the Bank of Ghana (BOG) unexpectedly slashed its key policy rate by 100 basis points... -
South Africa: Manufacturing stalls once more in January A preliminary estimate revealed little improvement for the manufacturing sector at the outset of the year. According to Statistics South... -
Singapore: Non-oil exports unexpectedly rebound in February, despite another fall in electronics exports Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) increased by 4.9% year-on-year in February, rebounding from January’s 10.1% decline which had marked the sharpest... -
Belarus: Industrial production subdued in February Industrial production grew 0.9% year-on-year in the January-February period, matching January’s result. In turn, annual average growth in industrial output... -
Brazil: Economic activity contracts in January In January, economic activity decreased 0.4% in seasonally-adjusted month-on-month terms, according to the Central Bank’s monthly indicator for economic activity... -
Russia: Industrial production growth jumps to almost two-year high in February Industrial output growth gained steam in February, according to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Industrial production increased 4.1% in... -
Czech Republic: Industrial production contracts again in January Industrial production tumbled 1.1% year-on-year in January, following December’s sharper 1.5% drop. There were the same number of working days... -
Estonia: Inflation declines to over two-year low in February Consumer prices rose 0.2% from the previous month in February, compared to January’s 0.2% decrease. A breakdown of the sub-components... -
China: Growth in house prices inches down in February House prices in 70 large- and medium-sized cities rose 0.5% in February in month-on-month terms according to a weighted average...