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The Dollar Index climbed to near two-week high around 104.65 after a solid recovery from 103.00. The GBP/USD pair has shifted its performance below the psychological support of 1.2000 in the early Asian session. The pair failed in taking control above the 1.2000 mark amid risk aversion. A significant drop …

Turkey’s annual inflation fell to 64.27 percent in December, official data showed on Tuesday, below expectations, after hitting a 24-year high in October. The Turkish Statistical Institute said consumer prices rose 1.18 percent month-on-month, compared to the 2.7 percent expected in a Reuters poll. On an annual basis, expectations were …

Among the key questions lingering over across financial markets is whether volatility could continue into 2023 as the calendar year turns a corner.Markets were closed Monday to observe the Christmas holiday. In this shortened trading week, investors are expecting either relative quiet or further volatile sessions ahead due to low …

The dollar fell against most currencies in volatile and weak trading on Friday after data indicated a slight slowdown in inflation in the United States, which boosted expectations of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at lower rates and improved investors’ appetite for risk. The personal consumption expenditures price index …

The Turkish lira fell to a new record low of 18.7 against the dollar on Friday, extending its losses this year, which exceeded 29 percent, despite Ankara’s efforts to implement new policies to tighten control over the local currency exchange rate. The lira fell 44 percent in 2021, mainly due …

The Canadian dollar weakened 0.3% against the American counterpart on Thursday, meanwhile November’s flash estimate has indicated relatively higher wholesale trade by 1.9% and the price of WTI crude oil increases 1.1%. The USD/CAD is slightly changed on Thursday, trading at 1.3678 in the US session versus the previous closing …

Financial markets’ sentiment was still negative for most of the previous trading week amid accelerating recession-linked fears. This development, for sure, reinforced US Treasury bond yields but the US stock futures and equities in the Asia-Pacific region maintained mostly dull performance ahead of the final batch of data from the …

Following its December policy meeting, the Bank of England (BoE) announced that it raised the policy rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 3.5% as expected. The vote was 6-3 in favor of the rate decision. Two members, Tenreyro and Dhingra, voted to keep rates at 3% while Mann voted …

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) raised its benchmark sight deposit interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 1.0% from 0.50% previous, as widely expected. At the December policy meeting, the SNB hiked rates for the third consecutive meeting, summing up to a total of 175 bps of rate increases …

Data showed on Tuesday that Turkish industrial production increased 2.5 percent year-on-year in October, much larger than expected, continuing its year-on-year growth for the 28th month. Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed that industrial output also rose 2.4 percent from September on a seasonally adjusted basis.