GDP expanded 3.1% in seasonally adjusted annualized rate terms (SAAR) in the first quarter, contrasting the 0.1% contraction seen in...
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Canada: Economy records best growth reading since Q2 2022 in the first quarter -
Poland: GDP records sharpest contraction since Q4 2020 in Q1 According to a preliminary estimate, GDP fell 0.3% year on year in the first quarter, below the 2.3% expansion logged... -
Serbia: Industrial output growth dips in April Industrial output grew 0.4% year on year in April (March: +0.9% yoy). Contractions in mining and manufacturing were outweighed by... -
Turkey: Economic growth accelerates in the first quarter GDP growth sped up to 4.0% year on year in the first quarter, from 3.5% in the fourth quarter of... -
Belarus: Central Bank cuts rates for the second time in a month in May On 31 May, the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) cut the refinancing rate by 25 basis points... -
Thailand: Central Bank hikes rates further in May At its 31 May meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) hiked the policy rate to... -
Guatemala: Banguat keeps the policy rate unchanged in May On 31 May, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) kept the key policy rate unchanged at... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank delivers 50 basis point cut at May meeting At its meeting on 31 May, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) delivered a 50 basis point cut,... -
Switzerland: KOF Economic Barometer falls to six-month low in May The KOF Economic Barometer came in at 90.2 in May, down from April’s 96.1. May’s result was the weakest since... -
Finland: Economy records best result in more than a year in Q1 Revised data revealed that GDP bounced back at the outset of 2023, increasing 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis...