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May 9, 2016
Kazakhstan's central bank cut its key interest rate for the first time since introducing it last year.
May 9, 2016
The local service sector remained in the doldrums in March, with the index that gauges the climate of the sector pointing to a slowdown.
May 9, 2016
The growth of the Philippine factory output likely slowed to 5.1 percent in March after registering 8.4 percent growth in February, the economic research arm of Moody’s Investors Service said.
May 9, 2016
April data pointed to a rebound in growth of Kenya’s private sector, following a substantial slowdown at the end of the first quarter.
May 7, 2016
The U.S. economy added the fewest number of jobs in seven months in April and Americans dropped out of the labor force.
May 7, 2016
Latest survey results highlighted a slight slowing in the pace at which South Africa’s private sector contracted at the start of the second quarter.
May 7, 2016
The Austrian unemployment rate has continued on its upward trend through April with 1.1 percent more people without work year-on-year, the Public Employment Service Austria (AMS) said.
May 7, 2016
Latest survey data pointed to a slight deterioration of Japanese service sector output. Business activity decreased for the first time since March 2015, although new orders were broadly stable.
May 7, 2016
Retail sales fell in the euro area at the start of the second quarter, according to Markit’s Eurozone Retail PMI, which tracks retail sector performance across Germany, France and Italy.
May 6, 2016
Borrowing by U.S. consumers ballooned in March at the fastest pace in more than a decade.
May 6, 2016
German retailers reported a marked slowing in the rate of growth in month-on-month sales in April.
May 6, 2016
Spain's industrial production rebounded in March, led by a jump in energy output. Total output increased by 1.2% month-on-month, according to the country's statistics office.