Retail sales increased 10.9% year-on-year in April (March: +19.9% yoy). The figure largely reflected a larger fall in food and...
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Canada: GDP growth eases in the first quarter on falling inventories GDP increased 5.6% in seasonally-adjusted annualized terms (SAAR) in the first quarter of 2021, moderating from the 9.2% expansion logged... -
Portugal: Industrial output records best result on record in April Industrial output rose 36.9% year-on-year in seasonally-adjusted terms in April, which was up from March’s 5.7% increase. April’s print marked... -
Kazakhstan: Inflation increases in May Consumer prices rose 0.71% from the previous month in May, coming in below April’s 0.85% rise. The softer rise was... -
Korea: Merchandise exports gain steam in May Merchandise exports soared 45.6% year-on-year in May (April: +41.2% yoy). May’s reading marked the sturdiest outturn on record. Notwithstanding a... -
Austria: Economy enters double dip recession in Q1 A second reading of national accounts data revealed that the economy entered a double dip recession in the opening quarter... -
Portugal: GDP records sharpest contraction since Q2 2020 in the first quarter A second estimate confirmed that GDP fell 3.3% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis in the first quarter, contrasting the 0.2%... -
Netherlands: Business confidence picks up in May Business confidence came in at 8.8 in May, up from April’s 6.5. May’s result marked the strongest sentiment since May... -
Austria: Consumer confidence hits highest reading since August 2019 in May Consumer confidence came in at minus 2 in May, up notably from April’s minus 8. May’s result marked the best... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank keeps rates steady in May At its end-May meeting, the Central Bank (BCRD) decided to keep the policy rate at 3.00%. On one hand, a...