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Further output growth in Scotland's private sector

February 12, 2016
The Scottish private sector remained in growth territory during the first month of 2016.

U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in FX markets during Q

February 12, 2016
The U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets during the October—December quarter.

Unemployment in Greece decreased slightly to 24.6 percent

February 12, 2016
Greek unemployment rate decreased slightly to 24.6 percent in November of 2015 from an upwardly revised 24.7 percent in the previous month.

Fixed mortgage rates in UK fall further in 2015

February 12, 2016
Fixed rate mortgages fell to their lowest levels in 2015, whilst the standard variable rate remained static.

Chile left benchmark interest rate on hold

February 12, 2016
The Central Bank of Chile left its benchmark interest rate on hold at 3.5 percent at its February 2016 meeting as widely expected.

Statistics Netherlands: Exports growth slows down

February 12, 2016
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of exports of goods was 0.9 percent up in December 2015 from December 2014.

Analysts lower 2016 outlook for Brazil's economy

February 12, 2016
Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 3.21 percent this year, with the outlook worsening from last week, the Central Bank said.

U.S. recorded budget surplus of $55.2 billion in January

February 11, 2016
The United States recorded a budget surplus of $55.2 billion in January of 2016, compared with a deficit of $17.5 billion in the same month a year earlier.

Slovakia expected to post current account surplus

February 11, 2016
Slovakia is expected to record a current account surplus equivalent to 0.3 percent of GDP in 2015, according to European Commission's Winter 2016 Economic Forecast.

Total production output in UK decreased 0.5%

February 11, 2016
Total production output in the UK is estimated to have decreased by 0.5% between Quarter 3 (July to September) 2015 and Quarter 4 (October to December) 2015.

Foreign trade turnover of Latvia decreased by 10.3%

February 11, 2016
In 2015 foreign trade turnover at current prices in Latvia amounted to EUR 22,860.1 million – by EUR 42.9 million or 0.2% less as compared to 2014.

Industrial production in Italy decreased 0.7%

February 11, 2016
In December 2015 the seasonally adjusted industrial production index in Italy decreased by 0.7% compared with the previous month.