Data on Monday showed that Turkey’s unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October, posing a potential challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hopes of re-election next year, even as inflation trended lower and the currency remained broadly stable. Economic growth is also expected to remain subdued ahead of presidential …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap 5 – 9 December
The dollar rose against the euro on Friday after US producer price data for November came in slightly higher than expected, casting doubt on whether the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of interest rate hikes at its meeting next week. The data showed US producer prices rose 0.3 …
Read More »Will the BoC raise rates?
Going into the last BoC meeting short-term interest rate markets were split between a 50 and 75 bps rate hike. In the end, the BoC hiked by only 50bps and flagged some concerns about slowing growth which weighed on the CAD in the immediate aftermath. The Bank of Canada flagged …
Read More »German Factory Orders jump 0.8% MoM in October
The German Factory Orders surprised markets to the upside in October, suggesting that the manufacturing sector activity is staging a modest recovery. Contracts for goods ‘Made in Germany’ jumped 0.8% on the month vs. -0.2% expected and -4.0% last, the latest data published by the Federal Statistics Office showed on …
Read More »US inflation expectations retreat from one-month high
US inflation expectations as per the 10-year and 5-year breakeven inflation rates according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED) data, challenge the recently hawkish bias over the US Fed.The inflation precursors might have taken clues from the Fed policymakers’ dovish comments, including those from Chairman Jerome Powell, to challenge …
Read More »Inflation in Turkey slowed to 84.39% after 17 months of rising
Official data showed Monday, December 5, that Turkey’s annual inflation slowed to 84.39% in November, just short of expectations, ending a 17-month period of increases since last year when the central bank began cutting interest rates. The Turkish Statistical Institute said that consumer prices rose 2.88% monthly, compared to expectations …
Read More »Fed’s Evans expects higher peak rate despite slower hiking
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Friday “We are probably going to have a slightly higher peak to Fed policy rate even as we slow pace of rate hikes,”, as reported by Reuters.Evans noted that policymakers are “on a path to getting financial conditions appropriately restrictive to bring inflation …
Read More »The dollar is near a 16-week low, and the yuan is heading for its biggest weekly gain since 2005
The dollar settled near its lowest level in 16 weeks against a basket of major currencies on Friday, ahead of key data related to the labor market in the United States, while the yuan is heading to record its biggest weekly gain since China revalued its currency in 2005. The …
Read More »US NFP Preview
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the November jobs report on Friday, December 2 at 13:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 4 major banks regarding the upcoming employment data. Expectations are for …
Read More »Dollar Falls, Wall Street Mixed Ahead of NFP data
The performance of US shares is mixed on Thursday as a selloff in Salesforce impacted the Dow Jones, while traders are busy; digesting a fresh batch of US economic data which generally indicate that the Fed’s interest rate hikes are working towards their aspired target.On Wednesday, US manufacturing activity shrank …
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