At its 20–21 February monetary policy meeting, Bank Indonesia (BI) left the seven-day reverse repo rate at 6.00% for the...
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Indonesia: BI leaves rates unchanged in February on stronger rupiah -
France: Inflation slows in January On 21 February, the Statistical Institute (INSEE) reported that consumer prices fell 0.4% from a month earlier in January (December:... -
Thailand: Trade balance swings into red in January The external sector got off to a false start in the new year, with the trade balance swinging from a... -
Turkey: Consumer sentiment worsens in February The consumer confidence index, published by the Statistical Institute in cooperation with the Central Bank, worsened from 58.2 in January... -
Latvia: Inflation increases in January Consumer prices rose 0.5% from the previous month in January, following December’s 0.4% dip. According to Latvia’s Central Statistical Bureau,... -
Japan: Exports contract for third consecutive month in February Nominal yen-denominated merchandise exports fell 1.2% year-on-year in February, following the 8.4% decrease in January. The contraction was larger than... -
Denmark: Consumer confidence fades slightly in February In February, consumer confidence dissipated somewhat, with the consumer confidence index released by Statistics Denmark falling to 3.3 points from... -
Netherlands: Consumer confidence falls into pessimistic territory for the first time since February 2015 Sentiment among Dutch consumers continued to drop and stumbled into pessimistic territory in February with the index decreasing to minus... -
Poland: Industrial output growth ticks up in January Industrial output grew 6.1% year-on-year in December, according to the Central Statistical Office (GUS), up from December’s 2.8% reading on... -
Saudi Arabia: Consumer prices decline sharply in January Consumer prices fell 0.3% over the previous month in January, following December’s 0.3% decline. The drop was mainly due to...