Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John C. Williams said, on Friday, that the economic outlook is uncertain and that their decision will be driven by the data. He expects real GDP to grow modestly in 2023 and to pick up next year. Key Quotes: “While the FOMC has …
Read More »Turkey’s trade deficit rises 51.4% in February
Data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute on Friday showed that the country’s foreign trade deficit rose 51.4 percent in February on an annual basis to $12.08 billion, after imports jumped 10.1 percent. The data showed that imports amounted to 30.71 billion dollars, while exports fell 6.4 percent to 18.64 …
Read More »US: Real GDP grows at an annual rate of 2.6% in Q4
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its final estimate on Thursday, revealing that the US real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased at an annualised rate of 2.6% in the fourth quarter. This number was below than the 2.7% market forecast as well as the prior estimate. “The revision …
Read More »ECB’s Schnabel: Eurozone underlying inflation proving sticky
According to Isabel Schnabel, ECB board member, the Eurozone’s underlying inflation is proving stubborn, increasing concerns that excruciatingly high price growth may become more enduring.Schnabel, on Wednesday, claimed that while a widening of corporate profit margins is also a primary cause of inflation, rapid nominal wage increases may be a …
Read More »German consumer sentiment set to improve in April
GfK’s forward-looking consumer sentiment index for April rose to -29.5 from a revised -30.6 in March, coming in a touch below consensus expectations of -29.2. The headline expectations index fell to 3.7 from 6.0, while the income expectations index improved to -24.3 from -27.3. The propensity to buy index ticked …
Read More »Fed’s Jeffereson: Lowering persistent components of inflation will take time
Fed’s Philip Jefferson said on Monday, “The Fed is ‘still learning’ how much impact its interest rate increases have had on the economy and inflation.”“Inflation ‘has started to come down,’ with some of that due to tighter monetary policy and some due to other factors such as improving global supply …
Read More »ECB’s Centeno: Wage increases still compatible with monetary policy
European Central Bank policymaker Mario Centeno said on Monday that the wage increase in the Eurozone is still compatible with the monetary policy and added that they are not observing and second round effect on wage-setting.“We haven’t seen de-anchoring inflation expectations,” Centeno further reiterated and noted that the ECB has …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 24/03/2023
It is predicted that the EUR/USD will end the week with respectable gains of 0.89%. The US economy slowed down overall on Friday, according to mixed economic data. The goal of ECB officials is still to lower the Eurozone’s high inflation rates.Key DevelopmentsJoachim Nagel, the president of the Bundesbank, said …
Read More »Gold attempts to breach $2,000 ahead of US Durable Goods Orders
Since the Fed does not think that additional rate increases are necessary, gold is trying to move its auction beyond $2,000.00. Lower inflation and a cooling of demand would be the results of further tightening of credit conditions by American banks.As of the writing of this article, the price of …
Read More »BOE hikes policy rate by 25 bps to 4.25% in March
Following its March policy meeting, the Bank of England (BOE) announced that it raised the policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 4.25% as expected. Two policymakers, Tenreyro and Dhingra, vote to keep the policy rate on hold at 4%. “If there were to be evidence of more persistent pressures, then …
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