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...
Producer prices in Japan were up 1.3 percent on year in October, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday. more...
Overall nationwide consumer prices in Japan were up 1.4 percent on year in October, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Thursday. more...
Members of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy board said that the country's economy has continued to pick up steam, and at a slightly faster rate than expected, minutes from the central bank's November 6 meeting revealed on Tuesday. more...
Industrial production in China was up 5.9 percent on year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. That exceeded expectation for 5.8 percent, which would have been unchanged from the September reading. The bureau also said that retail sales climbed 8.6 percent on year - missing forecasts for a gain of 9.2 percent, which again would have been unchanged from the previous month. more...