Consumer prices increased 1.25% in March over the previous month, picking up from the 0.87% increase seen in February. March’s...
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Singapore: Inflation comes in at highest level since April 2012 in March -
Hungary: Economic sentiment at three-year high in April The GKI economic sentiment index, a composite indicator, rose to plus 2.6 in April from minus 5.5 in March. April’s... -
Spain: Unemployment rate rises in first quarter of the year The jobless rate rose to 13.7% in Q1 from 13.3% in the Q4 2021, amid a wave of Omicron infections,... -
New Zealand: Business confidence deeply entrenched in pessimistic terrain in April The ANZ bank business outlook indicator dipped in April. As a consequence, a net 42.0% of firms reported that they... -
Portugal: Consumer sentiment and economic climate improve marginally in April Consumer confidence improved to minus 32.9 in April, up from minus 34.1 in March. The print came amid lower pessimism... -
Hungary: MNB delivers another 100 basis point rate hike in April At its 26 April meeting, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) decided to raise its base rate... -
Spain: Current account swings to deficit in January The current account posted a EUR 2.6 billion deficit in January, deteriorating from a balanced current account in December (January... -
Russia: Industrial output falls at sharpest rate since February 2021 in April Industrial output fell 1.6% compared to the same month a year earlier in April, which contrasted March’s 3.0% increase. The... -
Sweden: Riksbank unexpectedly delivers key rate hike in April At its meeting on 27 April, the Riksbank surprised market analysts by raising its key repo rate to 0.25%—effective from... -
Japan: Bank of Japan keeps rates unchanged at April meeting At its meeting ending on 28 April, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its policy rate unchanged at minus 0.10%...