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Brazil’s floods interrupt the disinflationary trend that had reassured central bankers
The devastating, El Nino-linked flooding in Brazil has disrupted the nation's trajectory of steady growth and falling inflation. CEIC's nowcast shows that price increases are ticking up in real time amid livestock losses and ruined crops in the nation's southern agricultural heartland.
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Australian inflation keeps plateauing – and the RBA is concerned
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Our Brazil GDP nowcast is less bullish than before
Brazil probably had a weaker first quarter than CEIC's proprietary GDP nowcast had previously anticipated. Nonetheless, it is still estimated to have grown at a faster rate than the previous quarter.
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Swiping cards and eating sandwiches on the go: real-time indicators of weaker UK spending
To get a real-time sense of consumer confidence, watch Britons' daily use of their payment cards – especially their spending on takeaway sandwiches and coffee.