On 28 January, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) kept the base rate on hold at a...
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Angola: Central Bank stands pat in January At its 27 January meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Angola (BNA) kept the key... -
Hungary: Economic sentiment nosedives in January amid worsening consumer confidence The GKI economic sentiment index, a composite indicator, continued to decline in the first month of 2020 and tumbled from... -
Germany: Business sentiment retreats in January German business confidence slumped at the opening of the new year, with the ifo Business Climate Index dropping to 95.9... -
Turkey: Business confidence rises in January Turkish firms opened the new year with greater confidence levels, as the business confidence index rose from 103.6 in December... -
Kenya: Central Bank surprises markets by axing rate again in January At its first meeting of the year on 27 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Kenya’s Central Bank decided... -
Brazil: Current account deficit narrows in December Brazil’s current account posted a USD 5.7 billion deficit in December, narrowing from the USD 6.1 billion shortfall registered in... -
Israel: Economic activity growth picks up in December The Bank of Israel’s Composite State of the Economy Index rose 0.26% in December compared to the previous month in... -
New Zealand: Inflation accelerates in Q4 Consumer prices increased 0.5% in Q4 2019 over the previous quarter, down slightly from Q3’s 0.7% rise but beating analysts’... -
Argentina: Consumer confidence ticks up in January but remains downbeat The Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) consumer confidence index edged up to 43.0 in January from 42.4 in December. However,...