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The US job creation engine decelerated sharply in September, adding to market bets on a short pause in the Federal Reserve’s tightening campaign in October. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 29,000 jobs were added in the month—representing an undershoot relative to the 90,000-consensus forecast—while the previous two months were revised down by a total 60,000 positions, bringing the three-month...
• Bond yields. Bonds still in the driver’s seat. Worries about government debt widen spreads across Europe. EUR lower, USD higher. AUD still on backfoot.• Data pulse. US ISM in ‘expansionary’ territory. Eurozone CPI & US jobs report due tonight. More volatility in interest rate expectations & FX likely.
Global Trends
Gyrations in global bond markets continue to be front...
Good morning. Government borrowing costs are pushing to multi-decade highs around the world this morning as a brutal selloff in bond markets intensifies. Ten-year Treasury yields are up 0.04 percentage points to 5.34%, their highest levels since 2002, Japanese bonds are going for the most since the mid-nineties, and rates in most other advanced economies are edging past thresholds last touched ahead...
• Shaky markets. Long end US bond yields continue to rise. US equities slip back again. USD firmer. AUD & NZD on backfoot. AUD at late-July levels.• Macro pulse. Expectations for a back-to-back RBA hike trimmed. But risk remains. US ISM & jobs report in focus over the next few days.
Global Trends
Underlying risk sentiment remains shaky with the upswing in long end bond yields still front...
Good morning. Front-end Treasury yields are slumping, equities are rallying, and the dollar is retreating after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure climbed by less than expected in August, making it more difficult to justify hiking rates in the months ahead.
Underlying price growth decelerated last month. Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis this morning showed the core...
Good morning. The dollar is climbing, supported by high oil prices and Treasury yields near their highest levels since 2007. Crude benchmarks are giving back some of their gains as Saudi Arabia ramps up flows through its repaired East-West pipeline, but Brent is still trading around $105 a barrel as talks to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz show no signs of progress. Benchmark...