Remittances totaled USD 2.9 billion in December (November: USD 2.9 billion), a 6.0% increase from the same month a year...
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Mexico: Remittances cool off in December -
Kazakhstan: Inflation moderates to more than three-year low in January Consumer prices rose 0.5% over the previous month in January, following a 0.7% month-on-month upturn in December. Alcoholic beverages and... -
Korea: Exports fall in January for second consecutive month Merchandise exports fell 5.8% year-on-year in January—a more pronounced drop than December’s revised 1.3% fall (previously reported: -1.2% year-on-year)—to total... -
Korea: Inflation moderates to a one-year low in January Consumer prices decreased 0.1% month-on-month in January, less than the 0.3% drop in December. In January, lower prices came on... -
United States: Strong January jobs report sees unemployment rise due to shutdown effect The January jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows payrolls made strong gains at the outset... -
New Zealand: Consumer confidence roughly unchanged in January The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence indicator inched down to 121.7 in January, from December’s 121.9. The index, however, remains well... -
Switzerland: Consumer sentiment improves slightly in the November-January period, despite households’ shift to a pessimistic view of the... Consumer sentiment among Swiss households improved in the November–January period, with the index prepared by the State Secretariat for Economic... -
Switzerland: Retail sales fall in December According to the Swiss Federal Statistics Office, calendar-adjusted real retail sales fell 0.3% over the same month of the previous... -
Colombia: Central Bank stays put at first meeting of the year At its Board of Directors meeting held on 31 January, Colombia’s Central Bank (Banco de la República, BanRep) maintained the... -
Thailand: Growth in manufacturing output eases markedly in November Growth in manufacturing output inched down to 0.8% year-on-year in December from a revised 0.9% in November (previously reported: +1.0%...