The unemployment rate in New Zealand came in at a seasonally adjusted 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2019, Statistics New Zealand said on Wednesday. more...
UK government borrowing was the lowest in 17 years in the financial year ended March 31, and exceeded the official forecast, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. more...
Japan posted a merchandise trade surplus of 528.5 billion yen in March, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. more...
China's gross domestic product expanded a seasonally adjusted 1.4 percent on quarter in the first quarter of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday - in line with expectations and down from 1.5 percent in the three months prior. On a yearly basis, GDP expanded 6.4 percent - unchanged from Q4 and beating forecasts for 6.3 percent. more...
UK total pay growth sustained its strong momentum in the three months to February, growing at the fastest pace in over a decade, as employers ramped-up hiring to a fresh record high, ahead of a possibly chaotic Brexit. The total pay grew 3.5 percent year-on-year in the three months to February, same as in December and January, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics showed. more...