Market Brief, North America

Famous last words perhaps, but today is shaping up to be a quiet one in currency markets. Treasury yields and the trade-weighted dollar are inching higher after a hotter-than-expected British inflation print put upward pressure on global interest rates and pushed equity and commodity futures into a defensive posture – but trading ranges remain unspectacular relative to recent months. The British pound jumped this morning after the latest inflation numbers topped expectations, making a rate increase at the next Bank of England meeting far more likely. According to data released by the Office for National Statistics, consumer prices climbed 10.1 percent in...

With tensions continuing to ease across the global banking sector, high-risk currencies are edging higher and the dollar is retreating from its recent highs. Trading volumes in bond markets are beginning to subside – but with investors reducing bets on a turmoil-induced pivot in central bank policy, rates are moving upward. The US two-year is yielding more than 4 percent once again, and equivalent benchmarks in the euro area, United Kingdom, and Canada are climbing off levels reached last week. The euro continues to march higher, with rising bond yields – supported by still-elevated inflation expectations – helping to push the...