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On Tuesday, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the most important inflation measure, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for November. Economists and researchers from some major banks forecast that the core CPI will stay constant at 4.0% YoY while the headline CPI will decrease slightly to …

Official data showed on Monday that the unemployment rate in Turkey fell 0.5 percent on a monthly basis to record 8.5 percent in October, its lowest level in ten years after recording a decline for more than two years. The seasonally adjusted index of labor underutilization decreased by 0.5 percent …

The yen continued its sharp rise on Friday and is on track to record its best weekly performance against the dollar in nearly five months, with traders’ expectations increasing that Japan will soon end its ultra-easy monetary policy. A generally stronger yen capped the dollar’s rise, which remained in a …

The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to maintain its key interest rate at 5% on Wednesday, for the third consecutive decision, as widely expected. According to the BoC the latest data “suggest the economy is no longer in excess demand”. The tone of the statement hints at no rate hikes …

Australia’s central bank is about to restart a pause in rate hikes as new data indicates that inflation and home price growth are slowing down, supporting earlier tightening. Most economists predict that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will maintain its cash rate at a 12-year high of 4.35% on …

USD/JPY experiences a 0.52% decline in the North American session. A lower-than-expected ISM manufacturing reading for November weighed on the US Dollar.Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledges some easing in inflation but emphasizes that core inflation remains high and monetary policy decisions will be data dependent.The USD/JPY trims some of its …

The US dollar trades in the green against all major currencies. US traders are seeing PCE confirming sticky pace of inflation. The US Dollar Index climbs above 103 and could still flip this week’s overall performance into positive territory. The dollar bulls are being back by Wednesday and Thursday’s data …

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said that the data released on Thursday showed that the Turkish economy grew by 5.9 percent in the third quarter, which is more than expected, and is encouraging, but this growth will slow in the coming period. “Economic growth is strong and this is encouraging,” …

Although it recovered somewhat from monthly lows, the US Dollar Index (DXY) was still under pressure. In the third quarter, the US economy grew at an annualized rate of 5.2%, which was higher than the previous estimate of 4.9%. The US will release important data on Thursday, such as the …

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is expecting international growth to slow down to 2.7% in 2024, the slowest annual growth since 2020’s pandemic.The combination of rising interest rates, high inflation, and wars is predicted to cause the world economy to contract in 2019. The OECD forecasts that …