On Friday, all eyes will be on the US non-farm payrolls reading during the first week of a new month. The all-important data will be attentively watched by all market players to see whether the aggressive rate-rising policy of the US central bank is knocking the labour market which has …
Read More »The Turkish economy grew 3.9% in Q3
Official data showed on Wednesday that the Turkish economy expanded by 3.9 percent in the third quarter on an annual basis, a rate slightly lower than expected and slower than it achieved earlier in the year, as domestic and external demand were affected by high inflation and the global slowdown. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 29/11/2022
Generally speaking; risk assets experienced a big deal of uncertainty as the end of November approaches ahead of Fed Chairman Powell’s address on the economy on Wednesday at Brookings Institute. US Nonfarm Payrolls data is looming on Friday. Risk appetite has deteriorated since Monday after Chinese protests police clashes against …
Read More »EUR/USD’s struggles ahead of Powell’s speech
The EUR/USD pair has flattened again as the US session heads into the late afternoon. The pair fell from the 1.0394 high to the 1.0325 low on the day so far and steadies near 1.0340 at the time of writing. Growth stocks on Wall Street experience extended declines, overshadowing a …
Read More »Annual CPI declines to 10% in November
As measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Inflation in Germany declined to 10% yearly in November from 10.4% in October. This reading came in lower than the market expectation of 10%. Monthly, the CPI declined 0.5%. Meanwhile, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) …
Read More »Weekly Recap: 21-25 Nov.
Data on Friday showed that the German economy expanded slightly in the third quarter, more than initially expected, supported by consumer spending. The Federal Statistical Office said Europe’s largest economy grew by 0.4 percent quarterly and 1.3 percent annually, according to seasonally adjusted figures. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected …
Read More »Germany’s Final GDP expands 0.4% QoQ in Q3
The German economy expanded by 0.4% on the quarter in the three months to September of 2022 vs. 0.3% prior, the final revision confirmed on Friday. The reading came in above the market consensus of 0.3%. On an annualized basis, Europe’s economic powerhouse’s GDP grew 1.3% in Q3 2022 vs. …
Read More »Why do ECB meeting accounts matter?
European Central Bank policymakers have fears that inflation may be getting rooted at their last policy gathering, this is why the prevalent trend adopts the idea that interest rates would need to be hiked further according to the accounts of the October 26-27 ECB’s meeting, released on Thursday.The ECB raised …
Read More »The Turkish Central Bank cuts interest rates to 9% and decides to end the easing cycle
Turkey’s central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate by 150 basis points to 9 percent as expected. It announced it had decided to end the easing cycle, which began in response to a call by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cut rates below 10 percent by the end …
Read More »Consumer confidence in Turkey rose for the fifth month to 76.6 in November
Official data showed on Tuesday that Turkey’s consumer confidence index rose 0.6 percent to 76.6 points in November, continuing its recovery from a record low of 63.4 in June, despite continued high inflation. The biggest improvement was in confidence in the expectations of the general economic situation during the next …
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