The pair steadies today, after Friday drop due US unemployment decline to pre-pandemic levels and an overall strong jobs report, which boosts expectation for another big rate hike by the Fed
Fed officials start preparing market for further rate hikes.
The 10-yr real rate is just 7bps from 0 (black line chart), and the 5-yr is 7bps below 0 (red line chart). Given that interest rates are included in the denominator of the time value of money, this deterioration is supportive of present values. I.e. it is acting against the whims and desires of the Fed's stated intention of controlling inflation.
The Fed hiked rates by 75bps and cancelled forward guidance. GDP indicates a technical recession, and US inflation is still ticking at the highest level in 40 years. The Eurozone shows resilience but with savage inflation on its side of the pond. This week the BoE and RBA will hike rates, but there is scope for surprises. NFP Friday has a forecast of 250K jobs created in July. Yet, the…
The pair heads towards the conclusion of a very bad month and week, due to cool-down in Fed hike expectations and the negative Q2 GPD print from the US
The pair is having a bad day, unable to build on Wednesday’s post-Fed rise, but covers some of its losses, helped by the greenback's negative reaction to the US GDP contraction
The US economy posted second back-to-back quarterly negative GDP, according to the preliminary data that were just released, against expectations for marginal growth
Black gold steadies after a volatile day, as investors weighed IMF’s lower economic growth forecasts and API’s stock drawdown, while awaiting the Fed later in the day
The household sector is showing weakness from numerous economic indicators.
CPI Inflation accelerated 9.4% y/y in June as today’s data showed, aggravating cost-of-living fears, while the Pound consolidates it recent gains against the greenback
Oil has benefited from the recent dollar decline, with both UKOil (Brent) and USOil (WTI) CFDs moving into the neutral areas between their blue bands (green rectangles).
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