Economic & financial indicators

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Consumer prices continued to fall in Argentina in the year to April—the second straight year of deflation. The country's 12-month trade surplus narrowed slightly in March, to $1.5 billion. Turkey's inflation rate jumped to 48.3% in the year to April, as the impact of its devaluation started to feed through into prices. In the past two months alone, prices have risen by 17%.

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