At its latest monetary policy meeting held on 29 January, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) left...
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Hungary: Central Bank keeps rates unchanged at first meeting of the year but sticks to normalization plan -
Spain: Unemployment rate inches down to decade-low The jobless rate ticked down to 14.5% in the fourth quarter of 2018, coming in below the 14.6% rate logged... -
United States: Home price growth continues to slide in November Home price growth remained on a downward trajectory for the eighth month running in November. On a month-on-month basis, the... -
United States: Consumer confidence falls again in January on deteriorating outlook The Conference Board’s monthly consumer confidence index fell from a revised 126.6 in December (previously reported: 128.1) to 120.2 in... -
Chile: Business turn optimistic in January The business confidence index (IMCE, Indicador Mensual de Confianza Empresarial) published by ICARE and the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez inched up... -
Brazil: Current account deficit widens in 2018 Brazil’s current account balance came in at a deficit of USD 815 million in December, a smaller shortfall than the... -
Ghana: Bank of Ghana unexpectedly cuts the key rate to 16.00% in January At its three-day meeting concluding on 25 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) cut... -
Kenya: Central Bank holds rate steady at first meeting of the year At its latest meeting held on 28 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Kenya’s Central Bank kept the Central... -
Mexico: Trade surplus catches analysts off-guard in December Merchandise trade recorded a USD 1.8 billion surplus in December, up considerably from the negligible balance registered in the same... -
Brazil: Business confidence rises at start of 2019 Business sentiment in Brazil improved in January, with the Getulio Vargas Foundation’s (FGV, Fundaçao Getúlio Vargas) business confidence index rising...