According to Latvia’s Central Statistical Bureau, industrial output dropped 3.2% in working day-adjusted year-on-year terms in February, an over five-year...
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Latvia: Industrial production suffers sharpest contraction in over five years in February -
Sweden: Industrial production picks up in February According to Statistics Sweden, total industrial production excluding energy increased a seasonally-adjusted 0.4% in February over the previous month, contrasting... -
Romania: Economic growth down marginally in Q4 2018 A second estimate released on 8 April by the Statistical Institute (INSSE) confirmed that the economy grew 4.1% in the... -
Canada: Housing starts rebound in March Housing starts on a seasonally-adjusted annualized (SAAR) basis climbed to 192,527 units in March, according to the Canada Mortgage and... -
Taiwan: Exports post fifth consecutive contraction in March; orders suggest weakness will persist in Q2 Merchandise exports fell 4.4% in annual terms in March, logging the fifth consecutive decline following February’s 8.8% dip. This further... -
Israel: Bank of Israel leaves policy rate unchanged in April At its 8 April meeting, the Monetary Committee of the Bank of Israel (BoI) kept the interest rate unchanged at... -
Argentina: Peso falls to new all-time low in early April The Argentine peso depreciated in the last few weeks, despite the Central Bank’s tight monetary policy stance. On 5 April,... -
Peru: Consumer confidence plummets in March The consumer confidence indicator published by GfK tumbled to 94 in March from 104 in February, which had marked the... -
Spain: Industrial production slips in February Industrial production slipped 0.3% year-on-year in seasonally- and calendar-adjusted terms in February, contrasting January’s revised 2.7% increase (previously reported: +2.4%... -
Russia: Consumer confidence improves mildly in Q1 The consumer confidence index published by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) rose to minus 16 points in the first quarter,...