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03 Oct 2023

Markets JOLTED again

• US yields higher. Positive US job openings pushed US yields higher. This helped the USD & weighed on risk sentiment. AUD slipped below ~$0.63.• USD/JPY volatility. After moving above ~150 USD/JPY tumbled. FX intervention wasn’t confirmed. The moves helped the USD stabilise.• RBA & RBNZ. No change from the RBA yesterday. RBNZ meets today with rates expected to be held steady. AUD/NZD is near levels last traded in late-May. Familiar themes and trends were on show again overnight. A stronger US JOLTS (i.e. job openings) report generated another jump up in bond yields and some further USD strength which...

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Yield surge punishes global markets

Tumult in Treasury markets is worsening after the US manufacturing sector showed signs of stabilization and several Federal Reserve officials doubled down on “higher for longer” rhetoric. Ten-year yields topped 4.7 percent in yesterday’s session for the first time since October 2007 – and are holding there – while their inflation-adjusted equivalents are sitting near 2.32 percent The dollar is steamrolling through currency markets, sitting near a 10-month trade-weighted high as its major counterparts retreat. Equites are – predictably – softer, crude prices are down, and implied volatility measures are pushing upward once again. Governor Michelle Bowman – one of...

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RBA: New governor, same result

Unsurprisingly the RBA held the cash rate steady at 4.1% for the 4th straight meeting. This was the first with new Governor Bullock at the helm. But her predecessor continues to cast a long shadow. The October post meeting statement appears very similar to the last one provided by former Governor Lowe. According to the RBA the policy tightening put through is “working to establish a more sustainable balance between supply and demand in the economy”, with the decision to hold firm again in October providing “further time to assess” the impacts of the jump up in interest rates. Given...

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