Market Update – January 20 – USD Wallows, Stocks Weaker, Japanese Inflation at 41-year high
Better US data (Unemployment Claims & Philly Fed Manu Index) could not lift the USD (USDIndex under 102.00) & Wall St. (-0.76% to -0.96%). US hit its latest debt ceiling ($31.4 trillion) as Republicans try to rein in Biden’s spending. Potential default postponed until June 5. More Hawkish comments from […]
Absolute priority should be to bring inflation down to price stability level
Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Thomas Jordan said in a scheduled speech on Friday, “absolute priority should be to bring inflation down to price stability level.” Additional quotes “We should not underestimate second-round effects of inflation.” “Firms are not hesitating to increase prices, not easy to bring inflation back to 2%.” “Once inflation is high, […]
GBP/JPY advances towards 160.00 ahead of United Kingdom Retail Sales data
GBP/JPY is approaching 160.00 as investors are still confused about forward Bank of Japan’s policy stance. Bank of England might discover a meaningful downtrend in inflation from the late spring amid tight monetary policy. Bank of Japan could look for an exit from the expansionary policy as inflation is stably rising. GBP/JPY might display a […]
EUR/USD aims to surpass 1.0840 as hawkish ECB bets soar
EUR/USD is looking to stretch its recovery move above 1.0840 amid soaring hawkish ECB bets. Weakness in S&P500 due to soaring recession fears are restricting the upside in the risk-perceived currencies. US Treasury yields have displayed a recovery after printing fresh multi-month lows. The EUR/USD pair is struggling to extend its rebound above the immediate […]
Fed Governor Lael Brainard sees high rates ahead even with progress on inflation
Lael Brainard, vice chair of the US Federal Reserve, during a University of Chicago Booth School of Business event in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Jim Vondruska | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said Thursday that interest rates need to remain high, even though there are signs inflation is starting […]
Fed’s Bullard doesn’t want to ‘stall’ on getting interest rates over 5%
The Federal Reserve should not “stall” on raising its benchmark rates until they are above 5%, said St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, on Wednesday. “I like the front-loading story,” Bullard said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that was streamed live . The Fed should move as rapidly as it can to […]
S&P500 Futures continues downside on slowdown fears, yields refresh multi-month low
Market sentiment remains negative as lower US PPI has pushed S&P500 valuations to the expensive side. Firms have been forced to trim the prices of their offerings to match weaker demand. Lower US PPI-inspired downward revision for inflation projections has sent US Treasury yields to a multi-month low. Intense sell-off by the market participants in […]
U.S. industrial output falls sharply in December, sparking talk of factory ‘recession’
The number: U.S. industrial production fell 0.7% in December, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. It is the biggest monthly decline since September 2021. The decline was steeper than economists expectations of a 0.1% decline, according to a survey by The Wall Street Journal. Output in November was revised down to a 0.6% drop, much worse […]
UK and US retail sales data in the spotlight, UK inflation falls
Asia-Pacific shares traded higher on Wednesday, although the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced its decision not to change its yield curve control policy. In a press conference, the BoJ’s Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that “it’s not long since we decided on our measures in December. It will likely take some more time for the measures […]
A surprisingly hawkish BoC might provide further support to Loonie – Commerzbank
Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth slowed further in December. Loonie rose after the data. A hawkish Bank of Canada next week could provide furthe support. CAD stronger following publication of inflation data “Even though the overall rate eased a little more than expected to 6.3% (Bloomberg 6.4%), and the core rates (median and trim) […]