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Estonia Producer Inflation Slows in August
Estonia’s producer prices rose by 3.3% year-on-year in August 2026, easing from 3.5% in the previous month. Price growth slowed in mining and quarrying (3.4% vs 4.7% in July), while it declined in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning, falling sharply by 13.8% from 8.4% previously. Meanwhile, producer prices in manufacturing accelerated to 4.8% from […]
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Singapore Q2 Jobless Rate Revised Lower
Singapore’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 1.9% in Q2 2026, slightly below the preliminary estimate of 2.0% and the lowest since Q4 2024, amid stronger economic growth. Yet labour conditions stayed uneven. Layoffs rose to 4,620, the highest since Q4 2020, up from 3,830 in Q1, led by outward-oriented sectors including manufacturing, communications and […]
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Azerbaijan Consumer Prices Rebound in August
Consumer prices in Azerbaijan rose by 0.2% month-over-month in August 2026, rebounding from a 0.1% fall in the previous month. The recovery was largely driven by higher costs of food products, which increased by 0.3% after declining 0.4% in July, particularly for meat and fish goods. Non-food prices also rose (0.1% vs 0%), as higher […]
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China 10Y Yield Hits Over 1-Year Low
China’s 10-year government bond yield fell to around 1.67% on Monday, hitting its lowest level since July 2025, after the People’s Bank of China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for a 16th straight month at record lows. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was maintained at 3.0%, while the five-year LPR was held at […]
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Eurozone Construction Output Falls the Most in 5 Months
Eurozone construction output dropped by 2% year-on-year in July 2026, the steepest decline since February, following an upwardly revised 1.4% decrease in June. Building activity continued to contract (-6.4% vs -7.4% in June), while specialised construction activities also remained under pressure (-1.6% vs -0.4%). Meanwhile, civil engineering rose by 0.6%, after being flat in the […]
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Portugal Producer Inflation Accelerates Again
Portugal’s industrial producer inflation rose to 7.2% year-on-year in August 2026, the highest level since February 2023, marking the second consecutive month of acceleration and rising sharply from a downwardly revised 5.7% in July. Energy inflation surged to 22.8% from 15.8% in the previous month, as global oil prices resumed their upward trend during the […]
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US Manufacturing Output Unexpectedly Falls
Manufacturing output in the US declined 0.3% in August, ending a seven-month period of consecutive increases and falling short of market expectations for a 0.3% rise. The decline was driven primarily by weaker durable-goods production, which fell 0.5% amid broad-based decreases across categories. In contrast, output of nondurable goods was unchanged during the month, providing […]
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Argentina Trade Surplus Widens in August
Argentina’s trade surplus widened to $2.19 billion in August 2026, up $746 million from the same month of 2025. Exports totaled $8.88 billion, increasing 12.4% year over year. All categories recorded higher export values than in August 2025, except primary products, which declined 14.2%. Energy and fuel exports grew 41.2%, manufactured industrial goods increased 18%, […]
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Bund Yields Fall as Traders Scale Back ECB Rate-Hike Bets
Germany’s 10-year Bund yield ended the week around 3.5%, down from a peak of 3.57% on Tuesday, the highest level since June 2009, and posting its first weekly decline since early August. The retreat came as traders scaled back expectations for further ECB rate hikes, despite a more restrictive tone from the Federal Reserve that […]
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Polish Industrial Output Growth at 4-Month Low
Poland’s industrial output eased to 4.3% year-on-year in August 2026 from a revised 4.9% in the previous month, falling short of expectations of 6.8%. This marked the lowest reading since April, as production growth slowed in manufacturing (3.4% vs 4.4% in July), weighed down by slower growth in beverages (6.1% vs 16.9%) and repair, maintenance, […]
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