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The United States’ Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at an annual rate of 4.1% in Q4, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ second estimate showed on Thursday. This reading followed the initial estimate of 4% and came in line with the market expectation.

The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell to 730,000 last week, while the previous week’s figure was also revised down by 20,000 to 841,000. Analysts had expected a figure of 838,000 before the release. This reading followed the previous print of 841,000 (revised from 861,000) and came in better than …

Durable Goods Orders in the United States rose by 3.4%, or $8.5 billion, in January to $25.6.6 billion, the data published by the US Census Bureau showed on Thursday. This print followed December’s increase of 1.2% and beat the analysts’ estimate of 1.1% by a wide margin.

Pfizer announced on Thursday that they haven’t seen any evidence that circulating variants of the coronavirus result in a loss of the protection provided by the vaccine they developed with BioNTech, as reported by Reuters. “We haven’t observed changes to neutralizing antibody levels that would predict a significant reduction in protection …

European Central Bank data showed that lending to Eurozone companies slowed last month as new credit flows stalled as the bloc returned to recession and banks tightened access to credit. Growth in lending to non-financial firms in the 19-nation euro zone slowed to 7% in January from 7.1% the month …

The Turkish lira reached its lowest level against the dollar in nearly three weeks on Wednesday, February 24th, to remain under pressure after the government defended the policies of the former finance minister. In light of the weakness, the central bank raised the compulsory reserve ratio for deposits in the …

Bitcoin has been tumbling down since Elon Musk tweeted that its value “seems high” over the weekend. After topping $58,000 and a valuation of over $1 trillion, the most popular cryptocurrencies has collapsed over $10,000.

The Eurozone manufacturing sector activity improved more-than-expected this month, the latest manufacturing activity survey from IHS/Markit research showed on Friday. The Eurozone Manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) improved from 54.8 in January to 57.7 in February and beat 54.4 expectations while the Services PMI dropped to 44.7 in Feb vs. …

There were 861,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending February 13, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 848,000 and came in worse than the market expectation of 765,000.

Bitcoin jumped above $50,000 on Tuesday to a new record high, continuing a rally fueled by indications that the world’s largest cryptocurrency is gaining traction among major investors. Bitcoin reached a new peak of $ 50 thousand, and in its most recent transactions it was 3.9% at $ 49,891. The …