China’s urban fixed asset investment expanded 7.0% annually in the first four months of the year, marking the softest expansion...
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China: Investment grows at the slowest pace in nearly twenty years in April -
China: Growth in retail sales weakens in April Nominal retail sales grew 9.4% on an annual basis in April, moderating from the 10.1% expansion registered in March and... -
United States: Retail sales ease in April Retail sales expanded 0.3% over the previous month in April, down from March’s revised 0.8% rise (previously recorded: +0.6% month-on-month)... -
India: Merchandise exports rebound in April but the trade deficit remains In April, merchandise exports expanded 5.2% compared to the same month last year, contrasting the 0.7% contraction recorded in March... -
Finland: Economic activity growth ramps up in March Economic activity grew a working-day adjusted 3.1% in March compared to the same month last year, up from February’s 2.4%... -
Finland: Finland logs a current account deficit for the first time in nine months in March In March, the current account was in a deficit for the first time since June last year due to a... -
Norway: Economic growth rebounds in Q1 In the first quarter of 2018, the economy grew a seasonally-adjusted 0.6% from the previous quarter, contrasting the 0.3% contraction... -
Nigeria: Inflation falls to lowest level since March 2016 Consumer prices rose 0.83% on a month-on-month basis in April, nearly unchanged from March’s 0.84% rise. Price pressures across sub-components... -
United Kingdom: Employment surges and real wage growth returns in first quarter The unemployment rate remained at a multi-decade low of 4.2% in the January-March period, supported by a 197,000 surge in... -
Czech Republic: Economic activity slows in Q1 but remains robust Annual GDP growth slowed from 5.5% in Q4 to 4.5% in Q1 in seasonally- and price-adjusted terms, according to preliminary...