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US CPI inflation was hot, rising from 2.7% to 2.9%, but crucially in line with expectations. This was enough to trigger a rally in equities, while bond yields and the US Dollar tumbled. The EUR jumped to 1.1740, despite the ECB holding rates steady, while the GBP spiked to 1.3570.
Read more →US PPI wholesale inflation data, eased more than expected, setting the table for tonight’s CPI inflation reading. US CPI inflation is expected to come in at 2.9%, so anything around this number, or lower, will ensure Fed rate cuts become almost a certainty.
Read more →US Department of Labor, released a record revision lower, of the all-important Non-Farm Payroll numbers. It appears that job numbers were overstated by nearly one million jobs under the previous Biden administration.
Read more →Japanese PM Ishiba resigned over the weekend, setting up a new generation of Japanese leaders to take over, which the equity market rally seemed to welcome. In Europe, the French Government looks set to fall, as the budget is a vote of confidence.
Read more →US Non-Farm Payrolls missed expectations by a wide mark, increasing fears of an economic downturn in the USA, but driving up expectations of a rate cut by the Fed. Markets had already priced in a rate cut by the Federal Reserve, but the weakness in the labour market all but ensures this will happen.
Read more →Warning signals are flashing in bond markets across Europe and the US. The dire fiscal position in the UK has seen the 30-year bond yield reach worrying levels, while the French budget/confidence vote looms and has the potential to bring down the Government.
Read more →Markets remained volatile overnight, with concerns over economic and political crises unsettling European markets, being reflected in the bond market. US markets also suffered some uncertainty, with the Appeal Courts ban on Trumps central economic tariff policy.
Read more →Warning signals are flashing in bond markets across Europe and the US. The dire fiscal position in the UK has seen the 30-year bond yield reach worrying levels, while the French budget/confidence vote looms and has the potential to bring down the Government.
Read more →US markets were closed for the three-day Labour Weekend holiday. While many were monitoring the big international event, the Shanghai Cooperative Organisation summit. This is one of the big geo-political events of the year, where a lot of international trade agreements are signed and sealed.
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