Most economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to decide one more big rate hike on Tuesday before shifting to slower moves in the near future. With a majority of Australian mortgages on adjustable rates, policymakers could issue a decision that is weighing inflation control and currency support against a …
Read More »Inflation in Turkey is at its highest level in 24 years, recording 83%
Official data showed on Monday that Turkey’s annual inflation jumped to a new peak representing a 24-year high of 83.45 percent in September, less than expected after the central bank surprised markets by cutting interest rates twice in the past two months despite high prices. The Turkish Statistical Institute said …
Read More »Wall Street Performs Mixedly On Inflation Report
Stocks are having a mixed performance on Friday as traders looked to close out an awful week that brought the S&P 500 to a new 2022 low. The S&P 500 was up 0.55%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52 points, or 0.18%, while the Nasdaq Composite was 1.02% higher. …
Read More »Turkish Statistical Institute: Trade balance deficit jumped 160% in August
Data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute on Friday showed that the country’s foreign trade balance deficit rose 159.9% year-on-year to $11.19 billion in August, affected by a 40.4 percent rise in imports. The data indicated that imports amounted to $32.53 billion, while exports rose by 13.1 percent to $21.34 …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 29/09/2022
The US dollar ended the day unevenly across the FX board, despite Wall Street resuming its decline and trimming all Wednesday’s gains. Treasury yields remained stable, with the 10-year note yielding 3.75% and the 2-year note 4.17%.Gold trades near its weekly high at the $1,664 level, while crude oil prices …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard: Central banks to react to Fed’s intentions
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said on Thursday that the Federal Reserve is having to raise rates pretty rapidly to get to a minimally appropriate level to tackle inflation, as reported by Reuters.The greenback stays on the backfoot after these comments and the US Dollar Index was …
Read More »US: Real GDP contracts by 0.6% in Q2
The US economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.6% in the second quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) third and final estimate showed on Thursday. This reading came in line with the market expectation and the previous estimate. GDP, the standard economic growth measure, is the value …
Read More »Germany: Annual CPI inflation jumps to 10% in September
As measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), annual inflation in Germany climbed to 10% in September from 7.9% in August, Germany’s Destatis reported on Thursday. This reading came in higher than the market expectation of 9.4. Meanwhile, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 28/09/2022
Gold prices soared, and XAUUSD trades at $1,660 per troy ounce, its highest for the week. Crude oil prices recovered, and WTI settled at $82.00 a barrel. The US dollar pushed its rally throughout the first half of the trading day but changed its direction dramatically after Wall Street’s opening. …
Read More »The World Bank approves $512 million for housing and infrastructure in Turkey
The World Bank said on Wednesday it had approved $512.2 million in financing for Turkey to boost the resilience of the housing and infrastructure sectors to climate change and natural hazards. The bank said in a statement that $338.5 million of the financing would be used to develop new affordable …
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