At its 2 January meeting, the Bank of Israel (BoI) raised the policy rate from 3.25% to 3.75%. The decision...
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Israel: Bank of Israel hikes for seventh straight meeting in January -
Korea: Inflation stable in December Inflation held steady at Novembers 5.0% in December, marginally lower than the market consensus of 5.1%. Looking at the details... -
Argentina: Consumer confidence rises in January The Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) consumer confidence index increased to 38.5 in January from 35.9 in December. Consequently, the... -
Czech Republic: Economic sentiment drops in December The economic sentiment indicator, published by the Czech Statistical Office (CSO), dipped to 89.5 in December from 90.1 in November.... -
Portugal: Business and consumer sentiment improve in August Consumer sentiment rose to minus 25.3 in August, from Julys minus 27.1. The improvement came as households grew less downbeat... -
Portugal: Industrial activity contracts at sharpest pace since July in December Industrial output dropped 4.4% compared to the same month of the previous year in December, which was a deterioration from... -
Spain: Current account surplus widens in October The current account recorded a EUR 2.7 billion surplus in October, improving from the EUR 0.7 billion surplus clocked in... -
Spain: Harmonized inflation falls to lowest level in over a year in December Harmonized inflation dropped to 5.6% in December, following Novembers 6.7%. December’s reading represented the fifth consecutive month of declining inflation... -
Spain: Retail sales deteriorate in November Retail sales fell 0.8% year on year in November (October: +1.5% yoy). The notable downturn was largely driven by contractions... -
Angola: Economy records quickest upturn since Q1 2015 in Q3 GDP growth accelerated to 3.9% year on year in the third quarter from 3.6% in the second quarter. Q3’s reading...