At the December Monetary Policy Committee meeting, the CBT cut its policy rate by 250bp to 47.5%, which was more than the ...

The Czech consumer confidence indicator shed 1.2 points to 100.4 in December, remaining just above its long-term average. The ...

Retail sales of goods jumped by 3.1% year-on-year, surpassing the market forecast of 1.2% and our forecast of 1.0% as well as the increase of 1.3% in October. Seasonally adjusted data points to 1.0% ...

Current account (Mon): Based on high frequency data, we see a significant deterioration in the current account surplus in the third quarter, mainly via the goods balance. Nevertheless, the year has ...

Crude oil prices edged lower with NYMEX WTI closing below $70/bbl while ICE Brent settled below $73/bbl yesterday. The oil market witnessed a second straight session of decline as the strengthening ...

Polish industrial production fell by 1.5% year-on-year in November, below consensus and our expectations (ING: 0.1%, consensus: 0.0%), following a 4.6% YoY increase in October (revised down from 4.7%) ...

In our latest update, we reassess our Hungarian economic and market forecasts after a year that did not live up to expectations. We were not even close. We wish and hope for a better year ahead, and ...

Business sentiment in France deteriorated again in December, falling by two points. This is the third consecutive month of decline. It deteriorated in all sectors except industry, where it was stable ...

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25bp as expected yesterday, but the broader policy message was more hawkish than expected. The new dot plot projections were heavily revised, now only factoring in ...

According to the Bank of Japan's policy statement, it assessed that the economy is likely to continue growing at a pace above its potential growth rate and that underlying CPI is likely to rise ...

More than half of Belgians already believe housing is unaffordable in Belgium According to our ING consumer survey (October 2024), over half of the respondents believe that housing, whether renting or ...