The Number of Foreign Tourists in Turkey for the month of November, which we follow today, increased by 44.64% on an annual basis and reached 2,552 million people. The Number of Foreign Tourists for the January-November period also increased by 84.77% to 42,164 million people. The countries that sent the most tourists were Russia, Bulgaria and Germany.

Core PCE Price Index, which is the data announced in the USA for November and closely followed by the FED during the interest rate hike process, increased by 0.2% monthly and 4.7% annually as expected. Data had increased by 0.2% and 5.0%, respectively, in the past month. Durable Goods Orders, another important data announced in the USA, decreased by 2.1% and Core Durable Goods Orders increased by 0.2%.

New Home Sales in the USA, which we tracked for November, increased by 5.8%, contrary to the expectation of a decrease of 4.7%. Housing Sales on the basis of units, on the other hand, exceeded the expectation of 600 thousand and became 640 thousand. Michigan 12-Month Inflation Expectation, another important data announced at the same time, decreased from 4.6% to 4.4%.