New Zealand's terms of trade eased a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2018, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday. more...
New home sales in the U.S. showed a substantial decrease from an upwardly revised level in the month of October, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday. The Commerce Department said new home sales plummeted by 8.9 percent to an annual rate of 533,000 in October. more...
In a highly anticipated speech before the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell described the current level of interest rates as "just below" neutral following a series of rate hikes this year. more...
UK retail sales growth in November was greater than expected, though retailers are gloomy about activity in the next three months, a survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed on Tuesday. more...
European Central Bank Governing Council member Jozef Makuch will step down as the Slovak central bank governor on March 1, 2019, the National Bank of Slovakia said in a statement on Tuesday. more...