At its 19–20 June meeting, board members at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided in a seven-to-two vote to keep...
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Indonesia: Bank Indonesia leaves rates unchanged in June, but signals possible loosening further ahead At its 19-20 June monetary policy meeting, Bank Indonesia (BI) left the seven-day reverse repo rate at 6.00% for the... -
United Kingdom: BoE leaves rates unchanged in June At its meeting ending on 19 June, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England (BoE) voted unanimously... -
Kazakhstan: Industrial sector swings to contraction in May Industrial production swung to contraction in May, declining 1.6% over the same day last month. This contrasted the 1.9% year-on-year... -
Philippines: Central Bank holds fire in June At its 20 June monetary policy meeting, the Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) left the overnight reverse repurchase facility... -
Ukraine: Growth falls to over one-year low in Q1 A second estimate of national accounts data revealed that the first-quarter slowdown was milder than previously estimated, with annual growth... -
Ghana: Growth ticks down in Q1 but rapid nonetheless According to a preliminary estimate released by Ghana’s Statistical Institute, the economy expanded 6.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of... -
Norway: Norges Bank hikes the key policy rate in June The executive board of Norges Bank voted unanimously to raise the sight deposit rate to 1.25% from 1.00% at its... -
Japan: Exports contract for sixth consecutive month in May on rising global trade tensions Nominal yen-denominated merchandise exports fell 7.8% year-on-year in May, below April’s 2.4% decline. The result was the sixth consecutive contraction... -
Uruguay: Economy contracts for first time in over three years in Q1 The economy shrank 0.2% year-on-year in the first quarter, contrasting the fourth quarter’s 0.6% expansion and marking the first contraction...