In October, industrial output rebounded 3.4% from a month earlier in seasonally-adjusted terms, contrasting September’s 2.9% contraction. October’s reading reflected...
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Belgium: Industrial output rebounds in October -
United Kingdom: Inflation dips in November Consumer prices rose 0.2% in November over the previous month, up from October’s 0.1% increase. November’s figure was underpinned by... -
Belgium: Economic sentiment plummets in December The consumer confidence indicator produced by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) plummeted 4.0 points to minus 5.0 points in... -
Sweden: Economic sentiment unchanged in December The economic tendency indicator was stable in December at November’s revised 106.3 (previously reported: 106.7). The index remains fairly elevated;... -
Japan: Export growth slows sharply in November Nominal yen-denominated merchandise exports rose 0.1% year-on-year in November, following the 8.2% increase in October. The print was below the... -
Belgium: Prime minister resigns amid migration-pact row Prime Minister Charles Michel resigned following a no-confidence vote on 19 December, ending a short-lived minority government torn apart by... -
France: Macron offers up pricey ‘yellow vest’ concessions In mid-December, President Emmanuel Macron responded to the growing social unrest of the ‘yellow vest’ protests by promising a handful... -
United States: Federal Reserve makes dovish hike in pivotal December meeting; lowers 2019 projections for growth and interest... At its 18–19 December monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously raised its target range for... -
Ghana: Growth picks up steam in the third quarter According to provisional data released by Ghana’s Statistical Service, the economy expanded 7.4% in annual terms in the third quarter,... -
Mexico: Expenditure-based national accounts confirm solid Q3 In annual terms, expenditure-based national accounts data released on 19 December by the Statistical Institute confirmed resilient trade-driven dynamics in...