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12 Jun 2023

An action packed week ahead

• Positive vibes. Equities higher. The risk backdrop & repricing in RBA expectations has pushed the AUD towards the top of its multi-month range.• Inflation focus. US CPI due tonight. Base-effects should drag down annual headline inflation. But will core inflation hold up and rattle market nerves?• Event risk. There are several events on Thursday with the US FOMC decision, AU jobs report, China data batch, ECB meeting, and US retail sales on the schedule. A mixed performance across markets overnight, though the underlying tone was generally positive at the start of an action-packed week. US and European equities rose,...

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Weekly Update June 12

Demand expectations are falling as evidence of a slowdown in the global industrial cycle accumulates – with China leading the way. Oil prices are dropping. Crude oil benchmarks, USD per barrel New York Federal Reserve Consumer Expectations Survey: “Inflation expectations declined to 4.1 percent at the one-year-ahead horizon, its lowest reading since May 2021, but increased slightly to 3.0 percent and 2.7 percent at the three- and five-year-ahead horizons”. Consumer inflation expectations are coming down. Google search volume for “inflation” and median one-year ahead expected inflation rate, % Inflation breakevens – which measure the difference between Treasury yields and Treasury...

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Trading Ranges Compress Ahead of Decisive Week

Currency traders are battening the hatches ahead of a week in which the world’s three most powerful central banks will deliver rate decisions and a series of critical data updates will be published, potentially shaping the monetary policy outlook.  Economists think tomorrow’s data will show US headline inflation slowing to 4.1 percent year-over-year in May, down from 4.9 percent in the prior month as gas prices continue their decline.Underlying consumer prices should also cool, with ebbing goods demand and an easing in rental costs driving the month-over-month change in the core measure down to 0.3 percent from April’s 0.4 percent. After a...

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