At its 3 May meeting, the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank opted to leave the two-week repo rate...
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Czech Republic: Central Bank stays put in May -
Brazil: Industrial production contracts in March Industrial production shrank in March, contracting 0.1% month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms, in contrast to the downwardly revised 0.1% increase recorded... -
Turkey: Inflation climbs further into double-digit territory in April Consumer prices rose 1.87% from the previous month in April, up from March’s 0.99% rise and overshooting analysts’ expectations. April’s... -
Turkey: President Erdogan calls snap elections for June, government announces additional fiscal stimulus measures On 18 April, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that snap presidential and parliamentary elections would be held on 24 June,... -
Kazakhstan: Inflation edges down in April Consumer prices increased 0.4% over the previous month in April, down from the 0.5% rise recorded in March. Prices increased... -
Chile: Business confidence remains broadly stable in April The business confidence index (IMCE, Indicador Mensual de Confianza Empresarial) published by ICARE and the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez ticked up... -
Hong Kong: Retail sales growth remains robust in March Retail sales volumes rose a robust 10.0% in annual terms in March, down from a stellar 28.2% expansion in February,... -
Norway: Norges Bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 0.50% in May At its meeting on 3 May, Norges Bank’s Executive Board decided to stand pat and left the key policy rate... -
Korea: Inflation picks up in April Consumer prices increased 0.1% in April from the previous month, according to the National Statistics Office of Korea. The result,... -
Italy: Economy keeps pace in Q1 In the first quarter, GDP expanded 0.3% over the previous quarter in seasonally- and working-day adjusted terms, according to an...