Housing Starts in the US rose by 11.8% on a monthly basis in November after falling at a 3.1% rate in October, data published jointly by the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development showed on Thursday. That lifted the 12-month rolling number of Housing …

There were 206,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending December 11, data published by the US Department of Labor (DoL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 188K (revised up from 184K), which was the lowest reading since 1969, and came …

The European Central Bank announced on Thursday that its Deposit Facility Rate would be left unchanged at -0.50%, as unanimously expected by analysts and market participants. The bank said that progress on the economic recovery and towards its medium-term inflation target permits a step-by-step reduction in the pace of its …

The Bank of England announced on Thursday that it would hike its benchmark interest rate by 15bps at 0.25%. Leading up to the meeting, markets had been pricing a roughly 60% chance of a hike, with these odds rising in wake of Wednesday’s hotter than expected UK November Consumer Price …

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced on Thursday that it lowered its policy (one-week repo) rate by 100 basis points to 14% from 15%. This decision came in line with the market expectation. The Turkish lira fell against the US dollar to a record low this …

Gold prices rose during trading Thursday, after the decisions of the Federal Reserve, and amid the decline of the US dollar from its highest level in three weeks. The Federal Reserve decided to reduce its bond purchases by $30 billion per month, starting next January, instead of the previously announced …

European stock prices jumped on Thursday after a positive economic outlook released by the US Federal Reserve improved buying interest, and investors turned their attention to the European Central Bank meeting results. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 1.4 percent by 0813 GMT on expectations of the best daily performance …

The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) worsened to 57.6 in December versus 57.6 expected and 58.1 – November’s final reading. The Preliminary UK Services Business Activity Index for December slumped, arriving at 53.2 versus November’s final readout 58.5 and 57.0 expected.

The Nikkei index jumped Thursday, December 16, to record its largest gain in nearly seven weeks, after the US Federal Reserve’s decision to end pandemic-period bond purchases came in line with investor expectations. The Nikkei rose 2.13% to 2,9066.32 points, the largest increase since the first of November, while the …

GBP/JPY achieved the idea of ​​the rise published during the previous analysis, touching the official target of 151.40, recording its highest level of 151.40. On the technical side today, looking at the 240-minute chart, we find the simple moving averages continuing to support the bullish curve, in addition to the …