Inflation came in at 3.4% in March, which was down from February’s 4.3%. March’s reading marked the weakest inflation rate...
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Vietnam: Inflation falls to lowest level since August 2022 in March -
Kenya: Central Bank resumes hiking with a 75 basis points increase At its 29 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Kenya decided to increase the... -
Vietnam: GDP growth slows in Q1 GDP growth slowed markedly to 3.3% year on year in the first quarter from 5.9% in the fourth quarter of... -
Germany: Consumer confidence expected to rise in May The GfK consumer climate index is forecast to rise further to minus 25.7 in May from minus 29.3 in April.... -
Czech Republic: The Czech National Bank stands pat in March At its 29 March meeting, the Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) left the two-week repo rate unchanged at... -
Thailand: Central Bank hikes rates further in March At its 29 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) hiked the policy rate to... -
Sweden: Economic sentiment improves further in March The economic tendency indicator (ETI) improved for a second consecutive month in March; it rose to 88.2 from February’s 86.2.... -
Russia: Decline in industrial activity softens in February Industrial output fell 1.7% in year-on-year terms in February, which was a less pronounced drop than January’s 2.4% decrease. The... -
Guatemala: Banguat mirrors February’s movement, hikes 25 basis points in March On 29 March, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) raised the key policy rate by 25... -
Brazil: Consumer and business sentiment rise in March but remain pessimistic The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index published by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) rose to 87.0 in March...