Russia “We Will Not Sell Oil To Those Who Apply Price Ceiling” Industrial Production in Turkey for the month of December, which we follow today, increased by 1.6% monthly and decreased by 0.2% annually. The monthly increase in Industrial Production was led by the increases in the Mining and Manufacturing Industry. Apart from this data, […]

Rising Signals in Germany Leading Inflation Draw Attention… Bank of England (BOE) Governor Bailey said in a speech today that he is concerned that inflation will persist, so he voted to raise interest rates, that they should see more evidence of easing inflationary pressures, that a major recession is needed to keep inflation at 2% […]

We Will Follow FOMC Member Waller’s Speech… *US API Crude Oil Stocks, which we tracked in the USA at night, decreased by 2,184 million barrels. Stocks were expected to increase by 2,150 million barrels. Crude Oil continued to rise with the effect of decreasing stocks. Today at 18:30 (GMT +3), the official Crude Oil Stocks […]

FED/Kashkari: “We Are Determined To Lower Inflation” *European Central Bank (ECB) member Villeroy said in a statement that inflation is not far from the peak level and that he does not think it is necessary to choose between fighting inflation and avoiding a recession. * In his speech today, FOMC Member Kashkari said that the […]

US Treasury Secretary Yellen: “Inflation Remains High” *In the Euro Zone, the Construction PMI for January, announced today, rose from 42.6 to 46.1, and in Germany from 41.7 to 43.3. In England, there was a decrease from 48.8 to 48.4. Apart from these data, December Retail Sales, another important data we follow in the Euro […]

US Employment Data Draws Attention As Weekly Closing Approaches… Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) announced inflation data for January. According to TURKSTAT data, consumer prices increased by 6.65% and producer prices increased by 4.15% in January. On a monthly basis, CPI reached its highest level in the last 9 months. Compared to January of the previous […]

BOE and ECB Raised Interest Rates After FED… German exports amounted to 127.4 billion Euros in December, down 6.3 percent compared to the previous month. Imports, on the other hand, decreased by 6.1 percent in December compared to the previous month and became 117.4 billion Euros. The foreign trade balance gave a surplus of 10 […]

Eyes on FED’s Interest Rate Decision at 22:00 (GMT+3)… Turkey Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) for January 2023 exceeded the threshold value after a 10-month gap and rose to 50.1. According to the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) report, most of the sectors increased their production and orders in January. While the most positive developments […]

Euro Zone Economy Grows 1.9… TURKSTAT published Foreign Trade data for December. Foreign trade deficit increased by 42 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and rose to 9.7 billion dollars. Looking at the year 2022 in general, it increased by 137 percent and rose to 109.5 billion dollars. According to another […]

German Economy Shrinked… According to the January data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), the Economic Confidence Index increased by 1.3 percent to 99.3. Although the index remained below the 100 threshold, it reached its highest level in the last 1 year. If the Economic Confidence Index is greater than 100, it indicates optimism about […]