Growth in remittances from workers abroad accelerated to 19.6% year-on-year in September from 14.0% in August. Remittances totaled USD 892.3...
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Guatemala: Economic growth accelerates in the second quarter of 2019 Economic growth accelerated to 3.5% in the second quarter, up from the 3.1% acceleration recorded in the first quarter which... -
Italy: Business sentiment broadly unchanged in October The National Institute of Statistics (Istat)’s composite business confidence indicator (Clima di Fiducia delle Imprese Italiane, IESE)—which covers the manufacturing,... -
Australia: Inflation inches up in Q3, but remains below the Central Bank’s target band In the third quarter of 2019, consumer prices rose 0.5% over the previous quarter following a 0.6% increase in the... -
Austria: Economy grew at a stable but weak pace in Q3 The economy grew at a steady, albeit meager, pace of 0.1% in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms in the third quarter. This... -
Italy: Consumer confidence slips in October The consumer confidence index released by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) ticked down to 111.7 in October from September’s... -
Switzerland: KOF economic barometer rises in October The KOF economic barometer—a leading composite indicator for the Swiss economy, which forecasts a six-month period—rose to 94.7 in October... -
France: Consumer sentiment stable in October In October, consumer sentiment in France remained stable at September’s 104, after nine consecutive months of increase according to the... -
United States: Economy cools in Q3 on declining business investment The economy slowed further in the third quarter, but fared better than expected thanks to resilient consumer spending and a... -
Lithuania: Growth slows to one-year low in Q3 According to preliminary national accounts data released by Lithuania’s Statistical Institute on 30 October, GDP rose 3.6% in year-on-year terms...