Economic Calendar

Chile’s Retail Performance Surges On January 31, 2025, Chile’s Retail Sales for the month-on-month (MoM) surged by 25%, exceeding expectations with a reported increase of 1% compared to the forecasted 0.5% and previous 0.8%. Despite its low impact designation, this better-than-expected growth indicates positive consumer sentiment and potentially stabilizing economic

Rising Unemployment: A Cause for Concern Brazil’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.2% in January 2025, up from a previous 6.1% and missing the forecasted expectation of 6.1%. This represents a change of 1.639%. The increase, albeit modest, signifies potential concerns for Brazil’s economic recovery post-pandemic. As the largest economy

Chile’s Unexpected Copper Boom: What It Means Globally On January 31, 2025, Chile’s copper production year-over-year (YoY) data revealed a substantial increase, with actual production growth at 14.3% compared to the previous 9.8% and a forecast of 3.5%. This represents a 45.918% change, marking a significant surge in copper output

Santiago—Experts Weigh In on Chile’s Latest Labor Statistics Chile’s National Statistics Institute has released the latest unemployment figures, revealing a modest decline in the unemployment rate from 8.2% to 8.1% for the end of January 2025. While this represents a minor change with a low immediate economic impact, it invites

Introduction In a remarkable economic turnaround, Chile’s manufacturing production surged by 8.4% year-on-year in January 2025. This substantial leap from December’s modest 0.6% and significantly surpassing the forecasted 2% indicates a robust industrial recovery. This article explores the implications of this surge for Chile and the global market while providing

Introduction In a surprising turn of events, Turkey’s tourist arrivals saw a steep decline as the Year-on-Year (YoY) growth rate plummeted from 8.25% to 4.23% as of January 31, 2025. This nearly 49% drop highlights significant adjustments in international tourist flows, illustrating broader implications not just for Turkey, but also

Understanding the Shift in South Africa’s Balance of Trade On January 31, 2025, South Africa reported a significant decrease in its Balance of Trade, with current figures at ZAR 15.46 billion, down from the previous ZAR 34.03 billion. The unexpected dip, compared to the forecast of ZAR 27 billion, marks

Overview of Chile’s Retail Sales Performance As of January 31, 2025, Chile’s retail sales recorded a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 5.8%, surpassing the forecasted 3.5%, despite marking a slight decline from the previous figure of 6.2%. The unexpected robustness in Chile’s retail sector highlights underlying consumer strength and resilience, which

Chile’s Unexpected Industrial Boom In a surprising turn of events, Chile’s industrial production has reported a year-over-year growth of 8.8% as of January 2025. This marks a staggering 700% increase from the previous 1.1% and far exceeds the forecast of 2.1%. Such exceptional growth, while marked as low impact in

Introduction In a noteworthy development, India’s foreign exchange reserves have increased to USD 629.56 billion as of January 31, 2025. This marks a rise from the previous figure of USD 623.98 billion, with a change of 0.894 billion. The forecast for this period was not provided, but the impact is

Introduction In an encouraging development for India’s financial sector, the country’s Year-on-Year (YoY) bank loan growth has reached an impressive 11.5% by the end of January 2025. This marks a slight increase from the previous 11.2%, although the forecast was not specified. Despite the modest change rate of 2.679%, this

Overview of India’s Infrastructure Output On January 31, 2025, fresh data revealed that India’s year-on-year infrastructure output growth stands at 4%. This marks a slight decline from the previous 4.3% and falls short of the forecasted 4.8%. While the impact of this change might be considered low, the negative shift

Brazil’s Economic Landscape: A Slight Improvement Brazil’s Gross Debt to GDP ratio has shown a slight improvement, with the actual figure at 76.1% as of January 2025. This is a decrease from the previous 77.7% and below the forecasted figure of 77%. Although the impact is classified as low, the

Introduction On January 31, 2025, Brazil’s Nominal Budget Balance was reported, showing a noted improvement from the previous figure, yet still missing the forecast. The actual value stood at -80.372 billion BRL, compared to -99.1 billion BRL previously, against a forecast of -60.3 billion BRL. As the world watches Brazil’s

Overview of India’s Deposit Growth On January 31, 2025, data from India revealed that the country’s deposit growth year-over-year (YoY) reached 10.8%, exceeding the previous rate of 9.8%. Despite this impressive growth, the impact on the global market is considered low, due to a moderate change of 10.204%. This rise

In an impressive turnaround, Macedonia’s retail sector posted a year-on-year growth of 3.6% in January 2025, a massive leap from the previous month’s -0.5%. This rise not only surpassed the forecasted 2.5% growth but also marks an 820% change from the previous metric, showcasing a robust recovery in consumer activity.