Core machinery orders (private sector, excluding volatile orders), a leading indicator for capital spending over the coming three- to six-month...
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Japan: Core machinery orders jump in November, rising for the first time in five months -
Argentina: New Peronist government hikes taxes and freezes prices in emergency bill On 21 December, Congress approved an emergency economic reform package delivered by the new Peronist government led by Alberto Fernández.... -
Turkey: Central Bank cuts policy rate in January for fifth consecutive time At its 16 January Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Turkey’s Central Bank slashed its one-week repo rate again, this time by... -
Brazil: Economic activity quickens slightly in November Economic activity rose 0.2% in seasonally-adjusted month-on-month terms in November, up from October’s revised 0.1% increase (previously reported: +0.2% month-on-month).... -
Egypt: Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged in January The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) held interest rates steady at its monetary policy meeting on 16 January, leaving the... -
Colombia: Consumers turn less pessimistic in December Consumers turned less pessimistic in December, with the Fedesarrollo consumer confidence index rising to minus 9.5 from minus 14.4 in... -
United States: Retail sales finish 2019 on strong note Nominal retail sales increased 0.3% month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms in December, matching November’s revised uptick (previously reported: +0.2% month-on-month) and... -
South Africa: SARB slashes rates in January At its meeting ending 16 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) unanimously decided... -
China: Growth in house prices stabilizes in December House prices in 70 large- and medium-sized cities rose 0.3% in December in month-on-month terms according to a weighted average... -
China: Economic growth stabilizes in Q4 2019 In the fourth quarter of 2019, economic growth remained weak by historical standards but managed to break a downward trend...