The core consumer price index, which excludes the price of fresh food, decreased 0.1% month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms in February,...
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Japan: Headline inflation slows in February -
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia eases again in March despite weak rupiah At its 18–19 March monetary policy meeting, Bank Indonesia (BI) trimmed the seven-day reverse repo rate to 4.50% from 4.75%... -
New Zealand: Growth weakens in Q4 2019 on sustained destocking and cooling consumer spending The economy expanded 0.5% in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms in the final quarter of 2019, below Q3’s revised 0.8% increase (previously... -
Australia: RBA cuts rates to new all-time low and announces quantitative easing in March At an extraordinary monetary policy meeting held on 19 March, in a bid to tame the economic and financial spillovers... -
Germany: Business sentiment tanks in March as coronavirus turned into a pandemic Business confidence tanked in Germany, with the preliminary ifo Business Climate Index nosediving to 87.7 in March from a revised... -
Taiwan: Central Bank cuts rates for first time since 2016 At its monetary policy meeting on 19 March, the Board of Directors of Taiwan’s Central Bank unanimously decided to lower... -
Philippines: BSP delivers another rate cut at March meeting At its 19 March monetary policy meeting, the Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) cut the overnight reverse repurchase facility... -
Peru: Central Bank slashes rates to one-decade low in extraordinary meeting At an extraordinary monetary policy meeting held on 19 March the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP) decided to cut the... -
Angola: Inflation soars to 17-month high Consumer prices in the province of Luanda rose 1.5% from the previous month in February, softening from January’s 1.8% result,... -
Guatemala: Banguat lowers interest rate for first time in over two years in March At its 19 March emergency meeting, the Monetary Board of the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) unanimously cut the key interest...