Inflation inched up to 5.6% in February from January’s 5.3%. February’s reading represented the highest inflation rate since October 2023...
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South Africa: Inflation comes in at a four-month high in February -
Brazil: Bank delivers sixth 50 basis point reduction in March At its 19–20 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) extended its loosening... -
Czech Republic: Czech National Bank maintains monetary easing pace in March At its 20 March meeting, the Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) cut the two-week repo rate to 5.75%... -
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia (BI) held the BI-Rate at 6.00% at its 19–20 March meeting, where the rate has been since October... -
Ghana: GDP growth gathers pace in Q4 and hits one-year high GDP growth gathered pace in the fourth quarter of 2023 and hit a one-year high of 3.8% year on year,... -
Guatemala: Banguat holds key policy rate at 5.00% in March On 20 March, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) unanimously decided to keep the key policy... -
Peru: Merchandise exports increase in January Merchandise exports climbed 9.4% over the same month last year in January (December: +0.8% year-on-year). Meanwhile, merchandise imports climbed 6.2%... -
Romania: Industrial output contracts at sharpest rate since April 2023 in January Industrial output slid 3.9% compared to the same month of the previous year in January, which contrasted December’s 0.9% increase.... -
Italy: Harmonized inflation drops in February Harmonized inflation dropped to 0.8% in February, easing slightly from January’s 1.0%. Looking at the details of the release, housing... -
Poland: Inflation drops to lowest level since February 2021 in February Inflation dropped to 2.8% in February below January’s 3.7%. February’s result represented the lowest inflation rate since February 2021. The...