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Tuesday, 19 March 2024 10:58 WIB

The Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged as widely expected on Tuesday, and said that while inflation had moderated substantially in recent months, it still remained too high. But the central bank struck a somewhat less hawkish note in its policy statement than its prior meeting, no longer explicitly stating that interest rates could rise further. The RBA left its official cash target rate at 4.35%, leaving it on hold for a third straight meeting since November. The move was widely expected by analysts, as Australian inflation eased substantially over the past year. But...

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China's factory output and investment grew more strongly than expected at the start of the year, as Beijing targets an ambitious annual economic growth goal of around 5%. Industrial output rose 7% in January-February from the same period a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, faster a median estimate of 5.2% rise by economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Retail sales increased 5.5%, roughly in line with projections. Growth in fixed-asset investment was 4.2% in the first two months of the year, much stronger than a forecast 3.2% gain. Investment...

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Friday, 15 March 2024 21:07 WIB | Ekonomi AS

US consumer sentiment mostly held steady in early March as Americans grew somewhat more cautious about the outlook ahead of the presidential election. The sentiment index ticked down to 76.5 from 76.9 in February, according to the preliminary March reading from the University of Michigan. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 77.1. Consumers expect prices will climb at an annual rate of 3% over the next year, unchanged from the prior month, data Friday showed. They still see costs rising 2.9% over the next five to 10 years. Sentiment has been...

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The New York Fed's Empire State business conditions index, a gauge of manufacturing activity in the state, fell 18.5 points in March to negative 20.9, the regional bank said Friday. The drop was much larger than expected. Economists had expected a negative 6 reading, according to a survey by the Wall Street Journal. Source: Marketwatch

Jobless Claims Dip to 209,000 and Still Show No Sign of Rising Layoffs
Thursday, 14 March 2024 20:00 WIB | Ekonomi AS

The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week slipped to 209,000 and continued to signal a strong labor market and low level of layoffs. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast new claims to total 218,000 in the seven days ending March 9, based on seasonally adjusted figures. New jobless claims have ranged from 194,000 to 225,000 a week in the first three months of 2024, an extremely low level from a historical perspective. New jobless claims rose slightly in 28 of the 53 states and territories that report these figures to the federal...

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