German business confidence slumped at the opening of the new year, with the ifo Business Climate Index dropping to 95.9...
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Germany: Business sentiment retreats in January -
Turkey: Business confidence rises in January Turkish firms opened the new year with greater confidence levels, as the business confidence index rose from 103.6 in December... -
Kenya: Central Bank surprises markets by axing rate again in January At its first meeting of the year on 27 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Kenya’s Central Bank decided... -
Brazil: Current account deficit narrows in December Brazil’s current account posted a USD 5.7 billion deficit in December, narrowing from the USD 6.1 billion shortfall registered in... -
Israel: Economic activity growth picks up in December The Bank of Israel’s Composite State of the Economy Index rose 0.26% in December compared to the previous month in... -
New Zealand: Inflation accelerates in Q4 Consumer prices increased 0.5% in Q4 2019 over the previous quarter, down slightly from Q3’s 0.7% rise but beating analysts’... -
Argentina: Consumer confidence ticks up in January but remains downbeat The Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) consumer confidence index edged up to 43.0 in January from 42.4 in December. However,... -
Japan: Core inflation accelerates in December The core consumer price index increased 0.1% in month-on-month seasonally-adjusted terms in December, following November’s 0.2% rise. The increase in... -
Austria: Industrial production drops markedly in November Industrial output plummeted 1.7% month-on-month in November, contrasting the revised 0.8% expansion recorded in November (previously reported: +0.7% month-on-month). The... -
Belgium: Industrial production slows in November In November, industrial output expanded 2.2% on an annual and seasonally adjusted basis, down from October’s 5.2% increase. A breakdown...