Retail sales growth lost some momentum in the final month of the first quarter, partially the result of a strong...
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Spain: Retail sales growth loses traction in March -
United States: Advance Q1 GDP estimate beats market expectations on strong business investment and exports An advance GDP estimate shows the U.S. economy performed more resiliently than expected in the first quarter, helped by healthy... -
United Kingdom: Consumer pessimism grows in April The GfK NOP consumer confidence indicator fell from minus 7 points in March to minus 9 points in April. As... -
Mexico: Merchandise trade records stronger-than-expected surplus in March The merchandise trade surplus widened to USD 1.9 billion in March from USD 1.1 billion in February, underpinned by a... -
Korea: Forward-looking business confidence improves for May The Bank of Korea’s forward-looking business confidence indicator (BSI) for the manufacturing sector rose to 81 points for May from... -
New Zealand: Consumer confidence lets up in April The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence indicator dropped significantly from 128.0 in March to 120.5 in April, which represented the lowest... -
Argentina: Consumer sentiment plummets to multi-year low in April The Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) consumer confidence index dropped from 43.8 points in March to an almost four-year low... -
Taiwan: Economic momentum remains broadly steady in Q1 A preliminary estimate shows that economic growth continued at a broadly stable pace in the first quarter, supported by healthy... -
Colombia: Central Bank cuts interest rate in April At its 27 April Board of Directors meeting, Colombia’s Central Bank (Banco de la República, BanRep) unanimously voted to cut... -
Korea: Steady economic growth in Q1 buttressed by government spending and exports According to preliminary data released by the Bank of Korea on 26 April, the economy grew 2.8% year-on-year in the...