At its 2 April monetary policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the cash rate unchanged at an...
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Australia: RBA holds its ground in April -
Australia: Surprisingly strong sales in February shake off the shadow of further economic slowdown in Q1 Nominal retail sales in February jumped 0.8% over the previous month in seasonally-adjusted terms, following January’s anemic 0.1% uptick and... -
Peru: Inflation moves up in March Consumer prices in Metropolitan Lima jumped 0.73% over the previous month in March, accelerating notably from February’s 0.13% month-on-month rise... -
Brazil: Industrial production rebounds in February despite mining sector woes Industrial production gained steam in February, jumping 0.7% month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms. The result contrasted January’s revised 0.7% decrease (previously... -
Luxembourg: Harmonized inflation edges up in March Consumer prices rose 0.2% month-on-month in March, decelerating from February’s 1.5% increase. The print largely reflected higher prices for oil-products... -
Switzerland: Inflation edges up in March Consumer prices increased a sharp 0.5% over the previous month in March, up from the 0.4% rise registered in February.... -
Korea: Inflation continues to sink below BoK’s target in March Consumer prices fell 0.2% in March compared to the previous month, contrasting the 0.4% increase in February and confounding analysts’... -
Uruguay: Central Bank increases M1+ target in April At its 2 April monetary policy meeting, the Central Bank of Uruguay set its target for the growth rate of... -
Romania: Central Bank stays put in April At its monetary policy meeting held on 2 April, the National Bank of Romania (NBR) kept the policy rate unchanged... -
Saudi Arabia: OPEC+ output cuts continue to boost oil prices The recovery in oil prices that started in late December—after they had sunk to a nearly six-month low—continued in recent...