The dollar continued to rise on Tuesday after declining against the British pound and the euro the previous day, returning to its first monthly gain since September. The dollar’s rally has gained momentum in the past few weeks as upbeat economic data heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve will be …

Gold prices fell on Tuesday, heading towards their largest monthly loss since June 2021, with the decline in the attractiveness of the non-yielding metal, in light of expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon. Spot gold fell 0.3 percent to $1,811.74 an ounce by 0735 GMT, after …

Japan’s Nikkei index gave up most of its early gains to close slightly higher on Tuesday, as investors sold strong-performing stocks to bargain hunters amid the absence of a clear catalyst. The Nikkei ended the day’s trading, up 0.08 percent, at 27,445.56 points, after rising 0.6 percent. The broader Topix …

Official data showed on Tuesday that the Turkish economy grew by 5.6 percent in 2022, exceeding expectations, while growth slowed to 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter, with the continued impact of falling demand. Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed that the gross domestic product for the fourth quarter …

A report by The Information on Monday quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks about setting up a new research lab to develop an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report stated that Musk, the head of Tesla and Twitter, …

Statistics of the Russian Ministry of Energy showed, on Tuesday, February 28, that Russia’s natural gas production decreased in January by 10.7% on an annual basis, to 62.7 billion cubic meters. Russian press sources indicated that the largest part of the decline was the share of Gazprom, which has about …

Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes rose by the most in more than 2-1/2 years in January, but a resurgence in mortgage rates could delay a much-awaited housing market turnaround. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Monday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, jumped …

 New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods increased more than expected in January while shipments of those so-called core goods rebounded, suggesting that business spending on equipment picked up at the start of the first quarter. Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending …

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a new deal on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, gambling that the reward of better ties with the European Union is worth the discord it might cause within his own party. In power for only four months, Sunak …

Toyota Motor Corp boosted global vehicle production by 9% in January, it said on Monday, its first increase in two months even as the carmaker continued to feel the strain from global chip shortages. The company, which is the world’s largest automaker by volume, and other car manufacturers are still …