Date 7th July 2023.

Market Update – July 7 – US is hiring now.

And that’s great news, especially since the average 30y fixed mortgage rate has risen to 7.22% according to Mortgage News Daily and the monthly payment for a 200k mortgage has risen by $50 in one week. The ADP Employment Change data yesterday doubled expectations by rising +497k against the expected +228k figure: as you can see in the attached table, the increase occurred mainly in the service providing industry sector.  As a matter of fact, just before, Challenger Job Cuts were half of the expected ones, while the most headline figure – Jobless Claims – came out broadly in line with expectations.

ADP Numbers

The reaction was immediate for USD and Interest Rates, while the drop for indices and stocks intensified shortly afterwards. Rates rose strongly, the 2y US rate touched 5.11% as it hasn’t done since 2007 and the 10y US also traded above 4%. Towards the end of the day yields fell a bit, but not so the 30y rate that stayed heavier. The USD index climbed almost 0.6% after the announcement, to 103.27, with the EURUSD down about 60 pips to 1.0833, and the USDJPY regained 144, lost earlier in the day (and at the closing settlement).  The SP500 was losing > 1% before closing down -0.8% (as did the Nasdaq). DJ at -1%.

Such strong data have raised expectations of a new Fed hike in July to 91% – although in the long run the market still does not believe the bank will be as aggressive as it says, as can be seen by the still ongoing deviation between swaps and dot-plots. In the same vein, yesterday the UK terminal rate was also totally priced in at 6.5% in Mar 2024.

Today’s headline will naturally be the NFP, expected at +225k down from +339k last month: it would be the second lowest reading in 12 months and yesterday’s stellar figure keeps the bar very high. Attention will also be paid to Hourly Earnings as a slow down would take further pressure off inflationary pressures and to Unemployment, expected lower at 3.6%

*FX – The USDIndex is down -0.14% to 102.70 this morning, EURUSD is trading at 1.0892 while CABLE is just shy of 1.2750. USDJPY is weak, -0.40% at 143.448.
*Stocks – US Futures are mildly negative (US500 -0.08% at 4405, USA100 -0.07% at 15.066). In APAC: China -0.32%, HK -0.72%, Nikkei down to 34440.  Tesla said to have started cutting jobs in Shanghai factory’s battery assembly division.
*Commodities – USOil still above $72, now trading at $72.10, Gold tested the 1900 area yesterday and ais noaw trading up at $1914.

Today – US NFP, Unemployment, Average earnings, CAD unemployment, ECB’s Lagarde and De Guindos speeches.

   
Biggest FX Mover @ (06:30 GMT) Coffee (+0.66%) rebounds off $155 after a 2-week long drop. Both MACD and RSI are negative, the latter one not being particularly oversold. 50 and 200 MAs are in the $180 area now, $35 higher than the current price.

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Date 11th July 2023.

Market Update – July 11 – Sterling & Yen: Gainers of the Day.

Yields have extended lower as bonds correct from the big selloff since late June. Wall Street finished with modest gains led by the US30 0.62% increase. The US500 was up 0.24% and the US100 was up 0.18%. With the Fed expected to hike rates another 25 bps the markets paid little attention to hawkish Fedspeak. Asian stocks rose today after Beijing said it would extend measures designed to support the country’s indebted property sector and traders anticipated further stimulus. UK wage growth higher than expected in May. Overall employment numbers lifted more than expected in the three months to May, but the June reading for payrolled employees unexpectedly declined. German inflation rose in June, interrupting a steady decline since the start of the year.

*FX – The USDIndex slumped to 101.32 from 102.56. USDJPY drifted to 140.56 from 141.46. GBP and EUR gained ground, breaking respective 1.10 and 1.29 highs.
*Stocks –  Hedge funds have slashed their bets on a rising US stock market to the lowest level in at least a decade and pivoted to Europe over concern about the resilience of the US tech-led rally. The US500 was up 0.24% and the US100 was up 0.18%.
*Commodities – USOil held above 73.00. Prices supported by weak dollar and supply cuts by the world’s biggest oil exporters (Saudi Arabia and Russia) set for August.
*Gold – higher at $1935.70.

Today – German ZEW Economic Sentiment and Fed’s Bullard Speech.

Biggest FX Mover @ (06:30 GMT) USDJPY (-0.41%) dipped to 140.50. Fast MAs aligned lower, MACD lines are negatively configured with RSI at 29 and flat and Stochastic at 25 but slightly higher.

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Date 13th July 2023.

Market Update – July 13 – Optimism Prevails.

The USDIndex was the only real casualty of the day, especially after the BoC’s expected 25 bp increase and expectations for ECB and BoE tightening. The cooler than projected CPI propelled bonds sharply higher as the markets perceived the upcoming 25 bp rate hike from the Fed would be the last. The rally picked up steam as shorts scrambled to cover and as technical buying picked up. Yields closed at two-week lows. The $1.35tn US junk bond market has shrunk by almost $200bn since its all-time peak in late 2021. US 30-year mortgage costs top 7%.

Wall Street cheered the implications of the data too and the tumble in rates further supported the US100.  However today, stock markets continued to rally overnight, buoyed by stimulus hopes for China and optimism that the Fed is nearing the peak of the current tightening cycle.

UK: GDP held up better than anticipated, with activity contracted. As in the Eurozone, the industrial sector is struggling, and the sharp rise in interest rates since the end of 2021 is starting to hit the sector hard. These numbers don’t signal a marked rebound, but at least don’t marke a slide back into recession either.

*FX – The USDIndex slipped to 100. USDJPY holds at 138, Sterling strengthened to $1.30 for the first time since April 2022 and EURUSD broke 16-month resistance and 200-WMA at 1.1100.
*Stocks – The US100 (+1.10%) was up to its highest level in 15 months, the US500 was up 0.7%. #Salesforce (+2.76%) notched its biggest 1-day gain in four months after the software group announced price rises for some of its products, the first increase in seven years. #Microsoft (+1.42%) and #Activision (-1.09%) exploring changes to $75bn deal.
*Commodities – USOil spiked to 75.88 after the new data showed rising Chinese imports of the fuel and traders reacted to softening inflation in the US.
*Gold – extended to $1962 as the US Dollar and Treasury yields corrected.

Today – ECB releases accounts of its June meeting monetary policy discussions, US PPI report.

Biggest FX Mover @ (06:30 GMT) XAUUSD(-0.54%) rallied to 1962.66.

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Date 17th July 2023.

Market Update – July 17 – Digesting the strong American data.

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Week 29 begins with futures slightly negative and APAC in red: China is heavy (-1.48%) after the disappointing GDP Y/Y figure (+6.3% vs +7.2% exp), falling retail sales growing only +3.1% (vs +18% 3 months ago) and the PBOC that left its midterm lending facility unchanged despite rising calls for further stimulus. Japan‘s markets are closed for holidays and trade in HK has been halted due to weather conditions and a typhoon force 8. The Sp500 and Nasdaq closed in red last Friday, however, finishing above previous yearly highs. Strong economic data, specifically Michigan Consumer Confidence but also falling import prices, caused renewed selling on the short end of the curve (2y +14.4 bps) and a new flattening (2Y10Y 96 bps). There was also selling on Oil, which continues to fall this morning with early headwinds from the resumption of production at Libya’s largest oil field.

JPMorgan Chase’s second-quarter net income surged 67% to $14.5 billion or $ 4.75% per share and the bank itself raised its expectations for the full year’s net interest income. Citi‘s earnings and revenue beat but its shares sank 4.05%. Likewise, Wells Fargo reported better than expected results and raised guidance, still slipped 0.34%. Today, Lockheed Martin and Charles Schwab will report.

*FX – The USDIndex is stable after last Friday’s slight increase, trading at 99.62. EUR still above 1.12 (1.1225), GBP shy of 1.31 (1.3086), JPY stopped its appreciation for the 3rd day in a row (138.58), CNH weakening again (7.178)
*Stocks – US Futures are flat to negative (-0.03% US500, -0.05% US100 and DJ300), China -1.44%. After last Friday’s earnings: JPMorgan +0.60%, CITI -4.05%, Wells Fargo -0.34%. Today, the military giant Lockheed Martin will report before the market open.
*Commodities – USOil down for the 2nd day in a row after the resumption of production at Libya’s largest oil field (-0.78%, $74.63). Corn, Wheat rebound after last couple of weeks declines (+1.18%, +2.22% respectively)
*Gold – stopped its rebound at $1964, trading now at $1954.8

Today – IT CPI, NY Empire State Manufacturing Index, Speeches from ECB’s Lagarde, Lane.

Biggest FX Mover @ (06:30 GMT) Copper (-1.07% @ $3.881) After Friday’s poor performance and the data in China, it is down from resistance zone and rejected by a probable trendline. RSI > 50, MACD still positive, MA200 at $3.85.

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Date 19th July 2023.

Market Update – July 19 – Party like it’s the 90s!

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A slew of misses among economic US data just passed unobserved yesterday. US retail sales -the all-mighty US consumer representing 2/3 of the economy- missed for the 6th time out of the last 8 releases, showing a +0.2% increase. After adjusting for inflation, US retail sales volumes fell 2.5% over the last year, the 8th consecutive YoY decline. That’s the longest down streak since 2009. Industrial production, capacity utilization both missed and decreased too but we all know manufacturing is the big ill of the economy and only a fool would have put his 5 cents on that losing horse. Instead, the company’s earnings are doing great: of the 38 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported results, 82% have exceeded expectations, according to FactSet data. Leave it apart that the median expectation is for an average 7.3% decrease this quarter: set the bar low and just pass it.

That was enough for the DJ to notch its 7th straight positive session on Tuesday for its longest string of gains since MAR 2021, finally clearly exploding above its 2023 highs. And it’s that Consumer Cyclical (yes, despite of retail sales), Industrial, Financials have been the best performers during the last month. All 3 majors notched their highest closes since Apr 2022. The A.I. (maybe the LLM Machine Learning?) hype is everywhere and Microsoft has hit new all-time highs after revealing pricing for its new A.I. subscription and giving access to the META’s models on Azure. In the late 90s I was at the university, and I remember a Macroeconomics professor arguing about the ”end of economic cycles” because of the technological achievements (back then was the birth of the Internet). Economic cycles are still there and he still writes for the main Italian business and non-business newspapers.

*FX – The USDIndex has gained some traction and is trading at 99.75 right now. EUR is trading in the 1.12 lows (1.1230) and Cable has been hit hard after the CPI data (-0.68% @ 1.2946). JPY is offered (139.275) as Yuan is (7.21)
*Stocks – US Futures are slightly positive (+0.10% on average) and sitting at 15 months highs). Japan and Australia bid, more cautious about China (-0.42%). Some regional banks were among the ”worst” results yesterday, still there have been strong gains in the regional banking ETF.
*Commodities – USOil benefit of the risk on environment and rebounded off $74, trading at $75.51 right now. On the other hand, Copper is still weak (-0.32% @ $381.80)
*Gold – inched higher up to $1984.5 on no news and no real usual correlations, probably benefiting from the risk on bid and the overall declining CPI perspective (it was CAD’s turn to surprise yesterday)

Today – UK CPI, EU HICP (Final), US Building Permits/Housing Starts, Speech from BoE’s Ramsden, Earnings from Netflix, Tesla, Goldman Sachs, ASML & IBM.

Biggest FX Mover @ (@06:30 GMT) XRP(+4.95% @ $0.8025) is targeting last Thursday close at $0.8125. RSI at 73.27, MACD strongly positive, MA200 40 cents lower ($0.43)

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Date 21st July 2023.

Market Update – July 21 – US100 falls, US30 shines.

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It has been a mixed session on Wall Street where US500 and US100 lost 0.7% and 2.3% respectively but US30 wrapped up a ninth day of wins, its longest winning streak since 2017 and its highest intraday level since April 2022. This can feel like rotation -for now- after the blistering tech driven rally but it is also somehow reflective of the mixed earnings and economic data that are coming out. Don’t take me wrong, 73% of the companies that have already reported beat, but the number is down from >80% earlier this week; job market looks strong while manufacturing data (and retail sales?) are not. Bonds sold off, USD has been consistently bid and Gold retreated: odds for a further rate hike after July somehow increased but Fed Funds futures are still pricing a terminal rate of 5.405% in November. Overnight, the Japanese headline CPI was slightly higher than expected (3.3% y/y) but that was not the case for the Core data: anyway, JPY is still offered. Retail sales in UK are out few minutes ago and that was a beat (+0.7% m/m, +0.2% exp.) that is helping demand for GBP.

OIL is still headed north, USOil regained $76, UKOil is trading above $80. You have probably heard about the rally in agriculturals and it’s good to keep an eye on the commodities prices input for future inflation developments. Anyway, Wheat price is still well below where it has been for the vast majority of time since the beginning of 2022.

*FX – The USDIndex is trading at 100.48 after yesterday’s gains (+0.61%); EURUSD at 1.1144 (+0.13%), GBPUSD at 1.2890 (+0.19%), USDJPY above 140.
*Stocks – US Futures are +0.1% on average this morning. Some of yesterday’s performances: J&J +6.07%, Abbot Laboratories +4.24%, Merck +2.37%, Well Fargo +1.88%, Berkshire +1.22%, Coca Cola +1.22%, McDonald +1.02%, Walmart +1.85%, Exxon +1.76%, Chevron + 1.11%, On the negative side: Tesla -9.74%, Netflix -8.41%, Nvdia -3.31%, Alphabet -2.65%, Meta -4.27%.
*Commodities – USOil is still trading at $76.35, UKOil $ 80.34.
*Gold – trading at $1971.25 after -0.28% yesterday, Silver +0.37% after falling > 1% yesterday.

Today – American Express reports, CA retail sales.

Biggest FX Mover (@06:30 GMT) Sugar (+2.62%), trading at $24.68 along its ascending channel, RSI at 69.28, MACD Positive, above its long term MAs, 50-day one just crossed the 200-day one to the upside.

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Date 25th July 2023.

Market Update – July 25 – Investors are Buying into Hopes

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Optimism in China’s recovery has made a comeback and investors are buying into hopes that decisive stimulus action from Beijing will boost domestic demand. The Chinese equities jumped on Tuesday, after the country’s ruling politburo vowed to boost employment and revive a “tortuous” economic recovery. China’s powerful 24-member politburo said it would tackle unemployment, speed up issuance of local government special bonds and boost consumption of electronics, electric vehicles and other goods. The JPN225 struggled through and gains in Australia were much more muted. Futures in Europe and the US haven’t moved much as markets turn cautious ahead of this week’s key central bank announcements in Germany, the US and Japan. Wheat prices climbed to a 5-month high on Tuesday, as Russian assaults against Ukrainian ports that ship the grain intensified.

*FX – The USDIndex is at 101.26. USDJPY is struggling for a third day in a row to overcome 142.00. GBP closed below 20-DMA yesterday and holds below it so far at 1.2840, while EUR holds above 1.11.
*Stocks – Hong Kong jumped as much as 5% and the Hang Seng is currently up 4.0%, while the CSI 300 has rallied 2.9%.
*Commodities – USOil spiked to $79 area. Oil is heading for a solid monthly gain, as output cuts start to bite and counterbalance concern that the sluggish recovery in China will cap demand. There are now more signs that Russia is making good on its pledge to rein in supplies with data showing that the country’s crude shipments fell to a 6-month low in the 4 weeks to July 16. Supply could further tighten in August, as Russian oil exports are set to be reduced further. A decline in drilling activity in the US is adding to supply concerns and the US Energy Information Administration has already revised down its short-term outlook for US production with further corrections possible unless the trend in drilling activity reverses. Also China flagged more measures to boost economic growth, aiding the outlook for energy demand just as the global market shows signs of tightening.
*Gold – holds a floor above 50-DMA at $1955.

Today – Germany’s Ifo business survey and IMF publishes an update to its World Economic Outlook. Earnings: Microsoft, Alphabet, Visa, Verizon, UBS, Nextera.

Biggest FX Mover USOIL spiked to $79.16 while today it sustains gains above 78 territory.

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Date 31st July 2023.

Market Update – July 31 – Another month of gains for stocks comes to an end.

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Last Friday, the headline PCE figure for June came in at 3%, the lowest annual increase since March 2021 and just one percentage point over the Fed’s target of 2% inflation; Core set at 4.1. US indices cheered the data and are set for another strong month of gains, the fifth in a row for the US500 that is up 3% in July compared to Nasdaq which has increased 3.8%. Industrial production y/y fell in Japan as did retail sales on a monthly basis; in China, manufacturing PMI is still in contraction (49.3), while the services component is deteriorating (51.5 from 53.2). China just issued measures to recover and expand consumption as per a State Council Document just released. JPY keeps collapsing despite the ”adjustment” on the 10y policy: last Friday a mysterious buyer stepped in at 0.57%, today the BOJ officially announced unscheduled bond buying at 0.60%. This week we have the BOE and RBA (the latter tomorrow morning, expected to raise by 25 bps to 4.35% despite the latest inflation data), US NFP data and the earnings season continues with AAPL and AMZN reporting on Thursday.

Overnight: BoJ tweaks yield curve control. The BoJ kept the target for 10-year yields at around 0% but signalled that the 0.5% ceiling was now a reference point, not a rigid upper limit. It will offer to buy bonds at the 1% mark, which means an effective widening of the band. Ueda vowed to keep easing, while at the same time, he pledged to continue to ease tenaciously and to add further easing if necessary. Ueda added that he expects inflation to slow before gradually picking up again.So some attempt to play down the importance of today’s surprise move and prevent markets from buying into an imminent move towards policy normalisation.

*FX – USDIndex is up 0.2% to 101.61 boosted by a weak Yen (USDJPY -0.46% at 141.81). EURUSD sits just above 1.10, Cable hovers around 1.285, AUDUSD is bid before the RBA tomorrow (+0.51% at 0.6681).
*Stocks – US futures are slightly in red: US500 -0.13%, US30 -0.07%, US100 -0.17%. A similar picture in Europe where GER40 futures are -0.14%. GOOGL increased 10% last week and the US market is set for another month of (broad) gains.
*Commodities – USOil -0.5% now at $80.25, UKOil hit $85 and is now at $84.51.
Gold – down -0.23% to $1954.91, XAG – 0.40% at $24.24.

USDJPY, 30 mins

Today – Germany retail sales, GDP from Italy, Spain and Europe, European HICP, US Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index.

Biggest FX Mover (@6:30 GMT) Coffee (-2.11%) trading at $158.60 heading south towards the recent $154.50 bottom area. RSI at 41.46 and downward sloped, MACD negative, 50d – 200d MAs downward sloped (and have recently crossed).

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Date 2nd August 2023.

Market Update – August 2 – U.S. rating downgraded at Fitch.

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US stock futures fell Tuesday night after Fitch downgraded the US’s long-term rating to AA+ from AAA Tuesday night, citing ”an erosion of governance and expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years”. The agency called out brinksmanship in Washington around debt ceiling negotiations earlier this year. This sparked some risk aversion flows with APAC indices falling led by Japan while JPY is strengthening on safe haven trading even if Bank of Japan has pushed back on speculation its recent policy adjustment marked the start of a tightening cycle. Bonds are lower around the globe with 10Y US back above 4% and 10Y JGB at 0.62%. The negativity in Asia was also fostered by the softening of the manufacturing activity across the ASEAN region that expanded at the slowest pace in 7 months. We saw some weak macro data in the US yesterday (ISM, Jolts Jobs Openings) and particularly eye-catching has been the Crude Oil inventory data which pointed to a record weekly drawdown (-15.4M) and helped Crude to climb above $82. Earnings season is more than halfway over with results coming in stronger than expected. Of the S&P 500 companies that have reported, about 82% have posted positive surprises as of last night.

US Debt to GDP ratio

*FX – JPY is the best performing major this morning, USDJPY –0.45% to 142.68, EURUSD +0.04% at 1.0989. All other currencies are down vs the USD with antipodean leading the losses, AUDUSD –0.56% at 0.6577, NZDUSD -0.74% at 0.6104. USDIndex just shy of 102.
*Stocks – Futures are negative this morning: US500 -0.49%, US100 -0.78%, GER40 -1.17%. Asia fell led by NIKKEI -2.44%, HK – 2.23%. AMD rose 2% after market after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results.
*Commodities – USOil regains $82, $82.17 now. Copper clearly lost $400 ($389 now), Agriculturals trade up with conviction.
*Gold – stuck at $1949 this morning, XAG at $24.32.

Today – US ADP National Employment. EARNINGS: PayPal, Qualcomm.

Biggest FX Mover (@6:30 GMT) JPN225 (-2.42%) trading at 32590 and just in contact with its 50d MA. RSI negatively sloped at 48.36, 5 month trendline awaits at 32k this morning.

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Date 5th August 2023.

Events to Look Out for Next Week.

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Welcome to our weekly agenda, our briefing of all the key financial events globally.
The fallout from the Fitch ratings downgrade for the US and the worries over the debt situation the US is facing could continue weighing on the Stock market. Robust results from tech giants such as Amazon helped to lift sentiment. This week’s agenda is relatively quiet with Inflation out of the US and China dominating the calendar along with earnings releases.

Tuesday – 08 August 2023
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Trade Balance (CNY, GMT 03:00) – China’s trade surplus fell to $70.62 billion in June 2023, as exports dropped more than imports amid persistent weak demand from home and abroad.
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (EUR, GMT 06:00) – The German inflation for July is anticipated to remain steady at 6.5% y/y and 0.5% m/m.

Wednesday – 09 August 2023
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Consumer Price Index (CNY, GMT 01:30) – The Chinese inflation sank in June at 0.2%, with Core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, at 0.4% in June, compared with 0.6% in May. PPI sank 5.4% in June from a year earlier, while the annual decline in June was China’s ninth consecutive drop and its steepest since December 2015.
RBNZ Inflation Expectations for Q3 (QoQ) (NZD, GMT 03:00)

Thursday – 10 August 2023
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Consumer Price Index and Core (USD, GMT 12:30) – The CPI is expected to show gains of 0.2% for the headline and 0.3% for the core in July, after June gains of 0.2% for both the headline and core. CPI gasoline prices look poised to rise 0.5% in July. We expect dissipating upward pressure on core prices through 2023 as disruptions from global supply chain bottlenecks and the war in Ukraine subside. As-expected July CPI figures would result in a bigger y/y headline rise of 3.3% from 3.0% in June, versus a 40-year high of 9.1% in June. A persistent moderation in y/y gains should be seen for all the inflation gauges through 2023 that will trim pressure on the Fed to tighten monetary conditions.

Friday – 11 August 2023
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Gross Domestic Product (GBP, GMT 06:00) – GDP is the economy’s most important figure. Q4’s GDP is expected to be unchanged at 0% q/q and 1.1% y/y.
Producer Price Index (USD, GMT 12:30) – July PPI gains of 0.1% for the headline and 0.2% for the core are expected, after June rises of 0.1% for both the headline and the core. As expected readings would result in the y/y headline PPI metric rising to 0.6% from 0.1%, versus an all-time high of 11.7% in March of 2022. We expect the y/y core measure to fall to 2.2% from 2.4%, versus an all-time high of 9.7% in March of 2022. The y/y calculation has fallen sharply through mid-2023 as comparisons have become much easier.
Michigan Sentiment (USD, GMT 14:00) – The US consumer sentiment printed 71.6 for the final July reading (was 72.6 preliminary). It is up 7.2 points on the month after rising 5.2 points to 64.4 in June. Confidence has been recovering from the -5.0 plunge to 62.0 in March on the fallout from the SVB collapse and related banking fallout. This is the strongest since October 2021’s 71.7 and is now well above the record nadir of 50.0 from June 2022.

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Date 8th August 2023.

Market Update – August 8 – Risk Appetite Picked Up.

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Risk appetite picked up,the US Dollar has been supported as Yields backed up and US futures outperformed. On the other hand, the advent of the August refunding supply left Treasuries heavy, especially in the wake of the debt warnings from the Fitch downgrade. Further erosion in recession outlooks contributed to the rally while the mix of earnings made for choppy upside action. Markets are looking ahead to this week’s US inflation report, after Fed’s Bowman suggested over the weekend that more hikes may be needed. NY Williams also left the door open for more hikes. Overnight we had seen China exports plunge again, which weighed on confidence.

*FX – USD Index is choppy and holds close to 102. EUR and GBP corrected amid weak economic data and as confidence in a soft landing for the US strengthened. EURUSD sideways at 1.10, Cable holds in the downchannel, currently at 1.2765. USDJPY extended 143.45.
*Stocks – The US30 led the way with a 1.16% surge, recovering from 3 straight declines. The US500 advanced 0.90% and the US100 was up 0.61% after 4 consecutive drops on both indexes. #BeyondMeat abandoned its hopes of becoming cash flow positive this year and cut its sales outlook, sending its shares down more than 8% in extended trading.
*Commodities – USOil has corrected from recent highs and is currently settled at $80.90.
*Gold – Ranging within $1930-$1938 area.

Today: FOMC Member Harker speech, Eli Lilly, UPS, Duke Energy earnings on tap.

Biggest Mover: (@6:30 GMT) NZDUSD (-0.76%) broke August lows at 0.6060. Next immediate support levels are set at 0.6050 and 0.6030.

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Date 10th August 2023.

Market Update – August 10 – Disney missed forecasts – US Inflation ahead!

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Yields have moved higher, but stock market sentiment also improved as investors look ahead to key US inflation data. The Hang Seng underperformed overnight, but elsewhere indexes managed to move higher. European markets are narrowly mixed at the start of the session, US futures are moving higher. Bonds have pared overnight losses, but the US 10-year rate is still up 1.3 bp at 4.018%, while Bund and Gilt yields have lifted 2.7 bp and 2.4 bp respectively. Fears that the CPI report might be too elevated to keep the FOMC sidelined in September elicited profit taking on recent gains. In earnings front, Disney missed revenue forecasts, Disney reporting that streaming losses totaled $512 million in its fiscal third quarter, about half of the $1.1 billion loss reported in the prior-year period and less than the $777 million loss forecast by analysts. European gas prices rose 30% on fears over Australian supply.

Overnight: China faces deflation as data for July showed that both consumer and producer prices dropped versus July 2022. CPI was down -0.3% y/y, the first decline since February 2021. PPI contracted -4.4% y/y, which was the 10th consecutive month of negative annual rates. It was the first time since November 2020 that both consumer and producer prices were in negative territory and the numbers are a further sign that both consumers and businesses are struggling, with plunging demand for exports and weak consumer spending weighing on the economy. The data will add to pressure on officials to do more to boost activity.

*FX – USDIndex was little changed at 102 after trading in a narrow range from 102.29 to 102.58. EURUSD higher at 1.1020, Cable jumped to 1.2760 from 1.2705.
*Stocks – The US100 underperformed, sliding -1.17% on the weakness in big tech. The US500 dropped -0.7% and the US30 declined -0.54% with IT leading the way lower.
*Commodities – USOil spiked to $84.26 breaking 11-month highs, supported by the spike of gas. European natural gas prices surged more than 30%, as the potential for liquefied natural gas supply disruptions from Australia spooked traders who have been betting against the price. A pop in USOIL prices to 11-month high at $84.65 added to anxiety over inflationary pressures.
*Gold – is ranging at $1,915- $1,920.

Today: US inflation and Jobless claims.

Biggest FX Mover: CHFJPY (+0.56%) spiked to 164.89, with 165 the next resistance level.

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