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 …
Read More »Elon Musk is assembling a team to develop a competitor to ChatGPT
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, …
Read More »Russia’s natural gas production fell 10.7% year-on-year in January
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 …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 26/02/2023
The US dollar began the new trading week extending positive performance although demand for the US currency diminished ahead of the US session’s opening, following a mixed United States Durable Goods Orders report. Later on the day, the dollar Index fell 0.52% to 104.725, reversing gains from last Friday driven …
Read More »Washington to ease limits on US investments in China
According to expectations, US President Joe Biden will consider the suspension of extensive limits on US investment in China that have been proposed by some hawks in his administration and Congress. According to Politico, White House negotiations have been taking place as US President Biden scales back plans for an …
Read More »US stocks rally, but could face earnings pressure
American equities rose sharply on Monday as investors sought to recoup some of their losses following Wall Street’s worst week of the year. Investors anticipate another strong week for retail profits.33 points, or 0.1%, were added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Nasdaq Composite increased by 0.6% and the …
Read More »What is the Shanghai hard fork of Ethereum?
The Shanghai hard fork of Ethereum, scheduled for March, will handle developer costs and tokens staked in the ETH 2.0 deposit contract. On February 28, the Shapella hard fork, which combines the execution and consensus layer forks of Shanghai and Capella, will go live on the Sepolia testnet.After the Merge …
Read More »AUD/USD climbs to 0.6730s on mixed US data
On the first day of the new trading week, the AUD/USD capped its downfall on risk-on sentiment and mixed US data. The AUD/USD pair is trimming some of its earlier losses though it remains below the 0.6800 figure after posting a daily high of 0.6743 as the week begins. Gloomy …
Read More »UK, EU leaders praise ‘extraordinary’ deal on NI Protocol
In a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that they have amended the original Northern Ireland Protocol deal and agreed a new “Windsor framework.” The GBP/USD edged slightly lower from daily highs with the initial reaction to this …
Read More »Canadian GDP Preview: Forecasts from six major banks, economy cooling
Canada will release the Q4 Gross Domestic Product data on Tuesday, February 28 at 13:30 GMT as the release time is looming, forecasts from economists and researchers of six major banks regarding the upcoming growth data. Canadian growth is expected at 1.5% seasonally adjusted at an annualized rate (SAAR) in …
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