A second release for growth in the first quarter of this year, released on 22 June, showed GDP expanded 0.6%...
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Netherlands: Q1 GDP growth revised up slightly in second estimate -
Lithuania: Industrial production growth picks up pace in May Industrial production expanded 4.9% in May over the same month in the previous year, accelerating from April’s 3.8% year-on-year increase.... -
Japan: Core inflation stable in May The core consumer price index rose 0.1% in month-on-month seasonally-adjusted terms in May, reversing April’s 0.1% fall. Core inflation was... -
Mexico: Economic activity accelerates in April Economic activity accelerated at the outset of the second quarter, rising 4.5% from a year earlier in April (March: -0.8%... -
Brazil: Consumer confidence deteriorates for the third month in a row in June The consumer confidence index published by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV, Fundaçao Getúlio Vargas) fell a seasonally-adjusted 5.5% from the... -
Italy: Following months of deadlock, Italy forms a new government but still faces many unknowns Three months after the elections and following two failed attempts to form a government, on 6 June the Italian parliament... -
United Kingdom: BoE stays put in June, although consensus within the Committee is slowly shifting towards a rate... At its meeting ending on 20 June, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England (BoE) voted to... -
Switzerland: SNB leaves rates unchanged in June on stronger franc, as safe-haven fears intensify On 21 June, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) met market expectations and held the target range for the three-month Libor... -
France: Business sentiment stable in June The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies’ (INSEE) business sentiment index for the manufacturing sector remained steady in June... -
Argentina: Consumer sentiment broadly unchanged at multi-year low in June The Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) consumer confidence index inched down from 36.1 points in April to 36.0 points in...