According to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Japanese unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.5% in March 2020. The number of unemployed persons was 1.76 million, an increase of 20,000 from the previous year.
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According to Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK retail sales decreased by 5.8% year-on-year in March 2020 and decreased 5.1% from the previous month.
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According to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the consumer price index (CPI) for Japan in March 2020 was 101.7 up 0.4% compared with March 2019 and rose 0.1 compared with February 2020.
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According to the UK National Statistics Office, UK's CPI rose 1.5 year-on-year in March 2020, down from 1.7% in February 2020.
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According to Eurostat, the euro area had a trade surplus of €23.0 bn in February 2020, compared with the trade surplus of €18.5 bn in February 2019. In February 2020, EU recorded a trade surplus of €22.4 bn, compared with trade surplus of €16.4 bn in February 2019.
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According to the Eurostat, Euro area annual inflation was 0.7% in March 2020, down from 1.2% in February 2020. EU annual inflation was 1.2% in March 2020, down from 1.6% in February 2020.
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According to Australian Bureau of Statistics, seasonally adjusted, Australia’s unemployment rate was 5.2% in March 2020. The number of unemployed persons increased by 20,300 to 718,600 in the same month.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the consumer price index for Germany in March 2020 was up by 1.4% year-on-year. Compared to February 2020, the consumer price index rose by 0.1% in March 2020.
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According to UK National Statistics Office, UK's trade deficit on goods and services was estimated at £2.8 billion in February 2020. Export values decreased by 5.8% and import values increased by 3.0% compared with January 2020.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany's exports increased by 0.4% in February 2020 year on year, while imports decreased by 2.9%. Upon calendar and seasonal adjustment, February’s exports rose by 1.3% month on month while imports fell by 1.6%. Trade surplus reached EUR21.6 billion in February 2020.
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According to Australian Bureau of Statistics, seasonally adjusted, Australia’s retail trade figures show that sales rose 0.5% in February 2020 compared to January 2020, following a fall of 0.3% in January 2020.
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According to Eurostat, the volume of retail trade rose by 3.0% in the euro area and by 3.2% in the EU in February 2020, over a year earlier. Compared with January, the volume of retail trade increased by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU in February 2020.
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The US Department of Commerce announced that the US trade deficit in goods and services decreased by 12.2% year-on-year to US$39.9 billion in February 2020. Exports of goods and services fell by 0.4% year-on-year to US$207.5 billion, while imports of goods and services fell by 2.5% to US$247.5 billion over a year earlier.
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Eurostat released that the unemployment rate of member countries in the European Union was 6.5% in February 2020, down from 6.9% in February 2019. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Euro area was 7.3% in February 2020, down from 7.8% in February 2019.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany's retail turnover increased by 6.4% year on year in real terms in February 2020. Compared to the previous month, February turnover rose by 1.2% adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations.
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