According to a preliminary estimate released by Ghana’s Statistical Institute, the economy expanded 6.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of...
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Norway: Norges Bank hikes the key policy rate in June The executive board of Norges Bank voted unanimously to raise the sight deposit rate to 1.25% from 1.00% at its... -
Japan: Exports contract for sixth consecutive month in May on rising global trade tensions Nominal yen-denominated merchandise exports fell 7.8% year-on-year in May, below April’s 2.4% decline. The result was the sixth consecutive contraction... -
Uruguay: Economy contracts for first time in over three years in Q1 The economy shrank 0.2% year-on-year in the first quarter, contrasting the fourth quarter’s 0.6% expansion and marking the first contraction... -
New Zealand: Growth stable in Q1 The economy expanded 0.6% in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms in the first quarter, unchanged from Q4 2018’s result. Likewise, on a... -
Belgium: Consumer confidence erases gains in June The consumer confidence indicator produced by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) fell 2 points in June to minus 7... -
Netherlands: Consumer confidence improves in June Consumer sentiment in the Netherlands rose from minus 3 in May to a neutral 0 in June, coming above the... -
Turkey: Consumer confidence ticks up from record-low in June Sentiment among Turks remained deeply rooted in pessimism despite a rise in the consumer confidence index from 55.3 in May... -
Luxembourg: Unemployment rate ticks up in May In May, the number of unemployed workers stood at 15,124, down 2.2% from April’s result, while the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate... -
Taiwan: Central Bank stands pat again in June, leaves outlook broadly unchanged Taiwan’s Central Bank of the Republic of China (CBRC) stood pat for the 12th consecutive quarter at its 20 June...