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Turkish factory activity continued to grow in March, with both new orders and production increasing despite the continuing repercussions of the devastating earthquakes that hit the country in February on the sector. According to the Istanbul Chamber of Industry and Standard & Poor’s Global, the purchasing managers’ index in the …

Wall Street rose on Friday, with the Nasdaq index posting its biggest quarterly percentage gain since June 2020, after signs of easing inflation raised hopes that the Federal Reserve would soon end its aggressive campaign to raise interest rates. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index posted gains for the second …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …