Subscribe to RSSS.Africas CPI falls to 5.1 pct y/y in March
JOHANNESBURG, April 28 – South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation eased to 5.1 percent year-on-year in March, as expected, compared with 5.7 percent...
Rwanda inflation slows to 2.46 pct y/y in Feb
KIGALI, March 20 – Rwanda’s year-on-year inflation rate slowed by more than two percentage points in February to stand at 2.46 percent as food prices...
Saudi SABB makes highest loan loss impairment in Q4
RIYADH, Feb 21 – SABB bank, HSBC’s Saudi affiliate, booked the highest quarterly net impairment charge in 2009 for credit losses during the fourth quarter,...
Seychelles Jan inflation eases to -2.2 pct yr/yr
VICTORIA, Feb 9 – Seychelles annual inflation eased to -2.2 percent in January from -2.5 percent in December, official data showed on Tuesday. ‘The All...
Kyrgyzstan GDP growth slows to 2.3 pct in 2009
BISHKEK, Jan 18 – Kyrgyzstan’s economic growth slowed to 2.3 percent in 2009 from 8.4 percent a year earlier as the impoverished Central Asian state...
S.Korea Dec exports rise 34 pct from year earlier
SEOUL, Jan 1 – South Korean exports in December 2009 rose a faster-than-expected 33.7 percent from a year earlier, following a revised 18.1 percent gain in...
German Oct industry orders fall unexpectedly
BERLIN, Dec 7 – German manufacturing orders fell in October from the previous month on the back of weaker export demand, official data showed on Monday, suggesting...
UK producer input price inflation jumps in Oct
LONDON, Nov 6 – Annual input price inflation for British manufacturers turned positive in October for the first time since February, driven by a rebound in...
US economy is growing once again
The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year, official data has shown.Commentators say the...
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