A second data release confirmed Japan’s economy contracted for the first time in nine quarters at the start of the...
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Japan: Revised GDP data confirms economy’s poor performance in Q1 -
Taiwan: Export growth accelerates in May on higher Asian and U.S. demand Merchandise exports grew 14.2% year-on-year in May, picking up pace from the 10.0% growth recorded in April and beating market... -
Slovenia: Industrial production growth rises in April Industrial production rose 6.9% over the same month of the previous year in April, marking an acceleration from a revised... -
France: Industrial output declines again in April Industrial production contracted further in March, from a 0.4% month-on-month contraction to a 0.5% decrease in April. April’s decline reflected... -
Canada: Housing starts dip below 200,000-mark in May for the first time in a year Housing starts on a seasonally-adjusted annualized (SAAR) basis plummeted to 195,600 units in May, according to the Canada Mortgage and... -
Bulgaria: Industrial output contracts on manufacturing losses in April Industrial output contracted on a monthly basis in April, falling 2.0% in seasonally-adjusted terms (March: +1.7% month-on-month s.a.). On an... -
Estonia: Inflation ticks up in May In May, consumer prices increased 0.3% over the previous month, down from April’s 0.4% print. According to data released by... -
Romania: Economic growth slows to a two-and-a-half year low in Q1 A second estimate released on 7 June by the Statistical Institute (INSSE) confirmed that in the first quarter, the economy... -
Slovakia: GDP growth ticks up in Q1 on surging fixed investment and resilient consumer spending The economy continued to grow at a solid pace in the first quarter, according to more complete data released by... -
Guatemala: Annual growth in remittances eases in May but stays strong Year-on-year growth in remittances from workers abroad slowed markedly to 8.2% in May, down from the ten-month high of 20.3%...