Retail sales rose 5.4% in year-on-year terms in August, which followed July’s 6.2% increase. The lower reading was largely due...
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Indonesia: Retail sales growth moderates in August -
Hungary: Inflation comes in at highest level since May 1998 in August Inflation increased to 15.6% in August, above July’s 13.7%. August’s reading marked the highest inflation rate since May 1998. Looking... -
Slovakia: Industrial output deteriorates in July Industrial output declined 6.4% year on year in July (June: -5.6% yoy). Looking at the details of the release, manufacturing... -
Thailand: Inflation comes in at highest level since July 2008 in August Consumer prices rose 0.05% from the previous month in August, contrasting the 0.16% drop seen in July. -
Lithuania: Harmonized inflation comes in at highest level since our records began Harmonized inflation came in at 21.1% in August, which was up from July’s 20.9%. August’s figure represented the highest inflation... -
Ireland: Harmonized inflation drops in August Harmonized inflation came in at 9.0% in August, down from July’s 9.6%. August’s result marked the lowest inflation rate since... -
Malaysia: Bank Negara Malaysia continues tightening cycle in September At its meeting on 7–8 September, the Monetary Policy Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) voted to raise the overnight... -
Ireland: Industrial activity contracts at sharpest rate since October 2021 in July Industrial production collapsed 18.9% month-on-month in seasonally-adjusted terms in July (June: +11.2% mom). July’s outturn marked the worst reading since... -
Ukraine: GDP contracts at record pace in Q2 amid Russian invasion According to a preliminary estimate, economic growth nosedived in Q2, contracting 37.2% in annual terms (Q1: -15.2% yoy). The second... -
Argentina: Industrial output growth deteriorates in July Industrial output grew 5.1% year on year in July (June: +7.3% yoy). The result was chiefly driven by weaker machinery...