In December, calendar-adjusted real retail sales grew 0.6% from the same month a year ago, coming in above the upwardly-revised...
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Switzerland: Retail sales improve for a second straight month in December -
Switzerland: Consumer sentiment jumps to seven-year high in Q1 Consumer sentiment among Swiss households improved markedly in the November–January period, with the index climbing from minus 2 points to... -
Taiwan: GDP continues growing at a strong rate in Q4 A preliminary estimate showed that the Taiwanese economy accelerated in the final quarter of 2017, aided by a well-performing external... -
Serbia: GDP growth accelerates in Q4 According to a flash estimate released by the Statistical Institute on 31 January, the economy grew 2.5% in the fourth... -
Vietnam: Inflation inches up in January Consumer prices increased 0.51% over the previous month in January, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam. This follows... -
Japan: Consumer confidence stabilizes in January Consumer sentiment was unchanged in January at December’s 44.7. The reading was below the 44.9 that market analysts had expected.... -
Poland: Buoyant domestic demand pushes growth to six-year high in 2017 According to preliminary estimates released by the Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS) on 30 January, GDP grew 4.6% in... -
Korea: Industrial production falls in December Industrial production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity sectors decreased 6.0% in December compared to the same month last... -
Japan: Industrial production growth shoots up in December Industrial production rose 2.7% in December compared to the previous month in seasonally-adjusted terms, up from November’s 0.5% increase. The... -
United States: Fed stands pat in Yellen’s last meeting as Chair The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at between 1.25%...