Japan Core Machinery Orders Increase 2.3% m-o-m in February

Amid the gloomy business outlook across the globe due to coronavirus outbreak and poor economic activity, there was two positive economic data from Japan earlier today. First one was the core machinery orders that surprised economists and market as a

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Mexican Peso Posts New Historical Low Against Greenback

The greenback gained 0.6639 or 2.66% against the Mexican Peso (USDMXN) to trade at 25.6139 Monday April 6, from 24.9500 at the close of earlier trading session. Almost all the major measures of economic activity, including consumer confidence, manufacturing, and

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South African Rand Hits New Historical Low Against US Dollar

The South African rand posted a new historical low of 18.278 against the greenback, with investors selling off most vulnerable assets and moving to safe haven assets as the outbreak of Covid-19 has increased worries about the currently feeble economy.

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South Korea Retail Sales Declines 6% in February

South Korea’s industrial production fell by a seasonally adjusted 3.8% m-o-m in February, as per data published by Statistics Korea. In the previous month, industrial production contracted by 1.3%. On y-o-y basis, industrial production increased 11.4%, after declining 2.6% in

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India Announces Rate Cut, Unveils $23bln. Stimulus Package to Nullify COVID-19 Impact on Economy

India’s central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate in an unanticipated manner and rolled out measures to enhance liquidity to fight the economic sluggishness sparked by COVID-19 outbreak and ensure financial resilience. The Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI (Reserve

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Eurozone Private Sectors Posts Record Contraction on Coronavirus Outbreak

The Eurozone private sector recorded its weakest performance in March, as countries continue to grapple with coronavirus outbreak. Private sector enterprises fared much worse than 2008 financial crisis, according to IHS Markit survey results. The flash composite output index declined

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New Zealand Rolls Out Additional Stimulus Measures to Battle COVID-19 Impact on Economy

New Zealand government today rolled out additional measures to back the economy as the country is getting ready for a long battle against coronavirus. The country, which escalated coronavirus Alert Level to 3 today, is expected to raise it to

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Mexico Central Bank Announces Deeper Rate Cut to Mitigate COVID-19 Disease Impact

Banco de México, in an off-cycle step, announced its largest benchmark rate cut in six years and committed support for the financial markets within the framework of further combative actions to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 disease implications. Mexico’s central

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New Zealand GDP Growth Slows Down to 0.5% in 4Q19

Statistics New Zealand reported that the country’s economy expanded by a seasonally adjusted 0.5% q-o-q in the fourth-quarter of 2019. That was below the 0.8% q-o-q GDP growth recorded in the earlier quarter, but in line with economists’ expectations. The

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Bank of Japan Rolls out Additional Easing Measures to Nullify COVID-19 Impact

The Bank of Japan has announced additional policy easing measures, along with other parallel initiatives with top central banks across the globe in order to mitigate the effects of financial market sell off sparked by worries over coronavirus outbreak. The

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