Economic activity expanded 3.5% compared to the same month of the previous year in April, which was above March’s 0.5%...
Latest Global Economic News
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Chile: Economic activity expands year on year in April, but shrinks month on month -
Australia: Retail sales rebound in April Retail sales bounced back in April, expanding 0.1% month-on-month in seasonally adjusted terms (March: -0.4% mom). Looking at the details... -
Croatia: Decline in industrial output softens in April Industrial output declined 2.0% year on year in working-day adjusted terms in April, which was a less pronounced contraction than... -
Switzerland: Economic growth records best result since Q2 2022 in Q1 GDP growth improved somewhat to 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis in the first quarter, from 0.3% in the... -
Kazakhstan: National Bank of Kazakhstan resumes monetary policy loosening in May At its meeting on 31 May, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) resumed its monetary policy loosening cycle, cutting the... -
Kenya: Inflation increases in May Inflation ticked up to 5.1% in May, up from April’s 5.0% and surprising markets on the upside. Looking at the... -
Serbia: GDP growth records fastest expansion since Q4 2021 in the first quarter Economic growth sped up in the first quarter, with GDP expanding 4.7% on an annual basis (Q4 2023: +3.8% yoy).... -
Latvia: Economy returns to growth in Q1 A second national accounts release revealed that GDP rebounded in the first quarter, expanding 0.1% year on year. Q1’s upturn... -
Lithuania: GDP growth records a two-year high in Q1 A second national accounts release confirmed that seasonally and calendar-adjusted GDP growth accelerated to 2.9% year on year in the... -
Czech Republic: GDP growth inches down in Q1 The economy lost some steam in Q1 2024, when GDP growth waned to 0.3% in a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis....