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United Kingdom: Unemployment rate declines in September-November period, employment rate at record high In the September-November period the unemployment rate fell to 4.0%, the joint-lowest rate in over 40 years. Employment rose by... -
Netherlands: Consumer confidence drops at the steepest pace in over seven years in January The new year started on a sour note, with consumer confidence freefalling from 9 in December to 1 in January.... -
Nigeria: Central Bank stays put in January At its 21–22 January meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) left the monetary... -
Hong Kong: Inflation continues to tick down in December Inflation declined marginally from 2.6% in November to 2.5% in December. When accounting for the effects of one-off government relief... -
New Zealand: Inflation ends year below-target According to Statistics New Zealand, consumer prices rose 0.1% in Q4 over the previous quarter, decelerating from Q3’s 0.9% increase.... -
China: Growth in retail sales inches up in December In December, nominal retail sales grew 8.2% on an annual basis, a slight acceleration from the 8.1% expansion registered in... -
China: Industrial production gains steam in December Industrial production increased 5.7% year-on-year in December, up from the 5.4% rise registered in November and beating market expectations of... -
China: Investment growth steadies in December Urban fixed asset investment expanded 5.9% year-to-date in 2018 (2017: +7.2%), unchanged from the result in the first 11 months... -
China: Economic growth continues to decelerate in Q4 In the final quarter of 2018, the Chinese economy expanded at the slowest pace since 2009 on the back of...