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19 Jul 2023

UK CPI surprise

• UK CPI. UK yields plunged & GBP weakened after UK inflation came in lower than expected. This helped boost the USD.• AU jobs. Australian jobs report released today. The data has been more volatile than usual recently. A downside surprise would be a AUD negative.• AUD sluggish. Firmer USD has weighed on the AUD. Beyond the AU jobs data, the US Fed meeting is coming into focus. Another hike expected next week. Inflation outcomes continue to drive markets. Attention overnight was in Europe. For the first time in 5 months, UK CPI inflation undershot expectations. Headline UK inflation slowed...

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Dollar climbs against rivals as rest-of-world rate expectations fall

As another trading day dawns, markets look ever more optimistic that the worst is behind the economy, in both growth and inflation terms. Global equity indices are up and government bond yields are down after the UK reported a sharp decline in inflation pressures, measures of expected volatility are plumbing post-pandemic lows, and the dollar is gaining against most of its peers as rate differentials tilt back in its favour. Inflation fell more quickly than expected in the UK last month, easing pressure on the Bank of England and helping take some air out of the pound. Numbers released by the Office...

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