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Latest Global Economic News
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Kenya: Economy grows at the fastest pace in eight years in 2018 -
Malaysia: Inflation returns in March Consumer prices rose 0.2% month-on-month in March, matching February’s figure and largely driven by higher transport prices. In year-on-year terms,... -
Australia: Inflation slumps to two-and-a-half-year low in Q1, driving down the AUD In the first quarter of 2019, consumer prices remained unchanged over the previous quarter, according to the Australian Bureau of... -
Czech Republic: Economic sentiment inches up from two-year low in April The economic sentiment indicator, a composite confidence indicator published by the Czech Statistical Office (CSO), ticked up to 97.1 points... -
Austria: Consumers remain pessimistic as first quarter ends Sentiment among consumers rose from minus 2 in February to minus 1 in March. Consequently, the consumer confidence index moved... -
Germany: Business confidence drops again in April After pessimism reigned in the first quarter, the second quarter opened in a similar fashion. Business confidence fell from a... -
Turkey: Businesses grow more optimistic in April Turkish businesses became more optimistic at the outset of the second quarter, with the Real Sector Confidence Index rising to... -
Poland: Business confidence hits seven-month high in April Manufacturing-sector business confidence gained ground in April, according to the business tendency indicators released by the Central Statistical Office (GUS).... -
Saudi Arabia: Consumer prices decline for third consecutive month in March Consumer prices fell 0.1% over the previous month in March, following February’s 0.2% decline. The drop was mainly due to... -
Canada: Bank of Canada leaves rates unchanged and adopts more dovish stance On 24 April, the Bank of Canada (BoC) left its target for the overnight rate unchanged at 1.75%, as widely...