Retail sales expanded 1.8% year on year in calendar-adjusted terms in June, which contrasted May’s 0.9% decrease. June’s print marked...
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Switzerland: Retail sales expand at quickest pace since September 2022 in June -
Austria: Economy records sharpest contraction since Q4 2021 in the second quarter GDP contracted 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis in the second quarter, contrasting the 0.1% expansion recorded in the... -
Ireland: GDP grows most since Q1 2022 in the second quarter According to a preliminary reading, economic activity bounced back 3.3% on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis in the second quarter,... -
Italy: Consumer confidence weakens in July Consumer confidence fell to 106.7 in July from June’s 108.6. The decrease came on the back of deteriorations in consumers’... -
Spain: Unemployment rate falls in second quarter of the year The jobless rate fell to 11.6% in Q2 from 13.3% in the first quarter. In absolute terms, the number of... -
Italy: Business confidence rises in July Business confidence came in at 109.1 in July, up from June’s 108.2. In July, sentiment in the construction and market... -
Brazil: Consumer sentiment improves while business sentiment deteriorates in July The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index published by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) rose to 94.8 in July,... -
Sweden: Economic sentiment deteriorates slightly in July The economic tendency indicator (ETI) dropped to a six-month low of 87.5 in July, down from the previous month’s 89.9.... -
Germany: Consumer sentiment expected to rise in August The GfK consumer climate index is forecast to rise to minus 24.4 in August from minus 25.2 in July, marking... -
Ukraine: NBU initiates monetary policy easing earlier than expected At its 27 July meeting, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) cut its key policy rate by 300 basis points...