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08 Apr 2025

Wild market swings continue

• Volatility. Tariff news continues to generate volatility. US equities unwound early gains to end the day lower. AUD & NZD followed. CNH also weaker.• Tariff news. While there were signals about deals for some nations, goods from China are set to be hit with another tariff. This dampened sentiment.• Macro events. RBNZ expected to cut interest rates again today. Tariff developments will continue to drive markets for a while. Global Trends Volatility in markets has continued with tariff-related headlines still the driving force. The initial positive sentiment in the US session following the rebound in Asian and European equities...

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Markets Stabilise As Tariff Negotiation Hopes Rise

The dust is settling after a tumultuous Monday in financial markets. North American equity markets are setting up for a modestly-positive open, benchmark ten-year Treasury yields are pushing above the 4.20-percent mark, and the dollar is edging lower against all of its major trade-sensitive counterparts. To summarise yesterday’s* insanity: the S&P 500 jumped more than 8 percent on an erroneous headline suggesting that tariffs would be paused for ninety days, then plunged again when this was rebuffed by the White House, only to rise again as investors hedged against the possibility that another, more accurate version of the same headline...

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Global risks don’t equate to a crisis

Last week’s ‘reciprocal tariff’ announcements by the US, and subsequent retaliation last Friday by China, has caused a fair degree of market upheaval. Given the broad-based and outsized tariffs imposed on goods shipped to the US, concerns about downside growth and upside inflation risks have spiked, and this has triggered an abrupt repricing in ‘complacent’ asset markets (chart 1). Equities and commodities have tumbled sharply over the past few sessions, as have growth-linked currencies such as the NZD and particularly the AUD which has plunged to levels last traded in the early dark days of COVID (now ~$0.6030). In our...

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