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10 Jul 2024

Will the US CPI jolt markets?

• Mixed markets. Equities push higher with long-end yields a bit lower. USD consolidates. AUD treading water near the top of its multi-month range.• RBNZ shift. A change in the RBNZ’s tone. Door to rate cuts opening. AUD/NZD’s upswing continues. AUD/NZD at its highest since Q4 2022.• US CPI. Challenging base-effects could keep annual inflation steady. But the monthly pulse expected to be soft. Something for everyone likely in the data. There was generally an upbeat tone across markets overnight, although that didn’t flow through to the major currencies as they remained range bound. US equities powered ahead with a...

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10 Jul 2024

AUD/NZD – Diverging macro fundamentals

No change in policy from the RBNZ at today’s meeting, as widely expected. And given this was an interim review meeting, not a full forecast update, there was another fairly short post meeting statement. That said, we think were noteworthy tweaks in the RBNZ’s tone and guidance. After leading the central bank charge during the global tightening phase and maintaining a ‘hawkish’ bias for some time, the RBNZ has started to soften its message as the harsher NZ economic reality appears to be hitting home. This is no surprise to us as we never bought into the RBNZ’s surprisingly ‘hawkish’...

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09 Jul 2024

Hold the line

• Consolidation. US stocks & yields range bound. USD index a touch firmer, but AUD holds its ground thanks to some outperformance on the crosses.• Fed speak. Chair Powell didn’t generate fireworks. Data will guide the Fed, though US labour market trends are becoming more important.• RBNZ today. No change expected. This is a review not a forecast update. Leaning against the markets ‘dovish’ pricing could see AUD/NZD slip back. In contrast to some of the moves in Europe it was another relatively quiet night in US markets with the major asset classes range bound. In Europe, nervousness about the...

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08 Jul 2024

Will Fed Chair Powell rattle markets?

• Quiet markets. Small market moves overnight with reaction to the French election result minimal. Bond yields consolidated. USD a touch firmer.• Fed commentary. Fed Chair Powell speaks tonight. Will he note the loosening in the jobs market & keep the door open to rate cuts later this year?• AU data. Consumer confidence & business conditions due today. Diverging macro/policy trends in Australia’s favour are AUD supportive. A quiet start to the week with the major asset markets confined to tight ranges. Reaction to the surprise result in the second round of the French parliamentary elections where the leftist alliance...

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04 Jul 2024

US payrolls in focus

• US holiday. Quiet trading with the US shut for Independence Day. European equities, yields, & EUR higher on the back of easing French political risks.• AUD upswing. Softer USD & relative macro trends supporting the AUD. AUD/USD near the top of the range it has occupied since early-January.• US jobs. US non-farm payrolls released tonight. Signs the US jobs market is cooling could bolster Fed rate cut expectations which would drag on the USD. With the US markets shut for Independence Day it was relatively quiet overnight. There was a bit of a ‘risk on’ vibe in European trading...

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