The ANZ bank business outlook indicator dipped further into pessimistic territory in February, losing more than a half of December’s...
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New Zealand: Business confidence retreats in February -
Japan: Consumer confidence continues to decline in February Consumer sentiment declined from 41.9 in January to 41.5 in February, marking the lowest reading since December 2016. The print... -
Japan: Industrial production contracts sharply in January Industrial production declined 3.7% on a month-on-month and seasonally-adjusted basis in January, following December’s 0.1% contraction. The print undershot the... -
Korea: Bank of Korea holds interest rates steady in February At its 28 February monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Korea held the base rate steady at 1.75%, as had... -
Switzerland: Economy recovers modestly in Q4 2018 According to data released by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) on 28 February, the Swiss economy grew 0.2%... -
India: Economic growth slows in the third quarter of FY 2018 In the third quarter of fiscal year 2018—which ran from October to December—GDP grew 6.6% compared to the same quarter... -
United Kingdom: Consumer pessimism decreases marginally in February The GfK consumer confidence indicator rose to minus 13 points in February from minus 14 points in January. The index... -
United Kingdom: Housing market flounders in February According to the Nationwide Building Society (NBS), house prices in the United Kingdom decreased 0.1% in February compared to the... -
Argentina: Central Bank tightens FX intervention rules to curb inflation At its latest meeting held on 28 February, the Central Bank of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA)... -
Finland: The economy accelerates in Q4, ending modest year on a strong note The economy grew 0.7% in seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter terms in Q4 2018, up from Q3’s 0.4%. In year-on-year working-day adjusted terms,...