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ECONOMY Russia's GDP fell by 0.6% in the year to the second quarter after rising by 0.3% in the year to the first. Poland's industrial output jumped by 5.9% in June and was up 19.9% on a year earlier. In June, 12-month consumer-price inflation fell in Mexico (to 20.4%, its lowest rate since March 1995), Portugal (1.8%) and Malaysia (2.2%), but rose in Israel (to 8.4%).
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “ECONOMY”
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