Retail sales (excluding cars and construction) fell 2.2% from the previous month in seasonally-adjusted terms in December, notably contrasting November’s...
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Brazil: Retail sales record worst result in nearly two years in December -
Canada: Housing market continues to deflate in January House prices edged down 0.05% on a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis in January, according to the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House... -
India: Pre-election budget threatens fiscal sustainability On 1 February the interim budget for fiscal year 2019, which will start in April and run through to March... -
New Zealand: RBNZ leaves OCR unchanged in February At its first meeting of the year, held on 13 February, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) left the... -
Guatemala: Economic activity eases in December Growth in economic activity decelerated from a revised 3.8% expansion in November to 3.3% in December, according to Banguat’s monthly... -
Ghana: Inflation moderates to over five-year low in January Consumer prices rose 1.0% in monthly terms in January, up slightly from December’s 1.1% increase. All 12 components of the... -
Israel: Trade deficit widens as exports contract at a sharper pace in January Exports contracted a steep 9.6% year-on-year in USD terms in January, constituting a sharper drop than December’s 6.6%. Trend data... -
Uruguay: Economic Snapshot for Latin America Growth projected to regain some steam in Q4; crisis-stricken Venezuela groans under oil sanctions Latin America’s bumpy economic recovery is... -
Romania: Inflation stable in January Consumer prices jumped 0.8% over the previous month in January, following December’s 0.2% month-on-month increase. A notable increase in prices... -
Venezuela: U.S. sanctions set to exacerbate economic crisis On 28 January, the Trump administration significantly increased the economic pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s government by announcing sweeping sanctions...