Market Briefing: Currency Market Tensions Rise Ahead of Inflation Report
Markets are in a cautiously optimistic mood and the dollar is coming under sustained pressure ahead of this morning’s consumer inflation report. Equity futures are up, Treasury yields are down, and risk-sensitive currencies are seeing solid inflows as traders bet US monetary policy expectations reached their cycle top last week – a view that could prove vulnerable if prices rise by more than expected. Economists think headline prices probably continued their gasoline-powered descent in August, with the core measure rising as other areas of the economy caught up. Investors are overwhelmingly positioned for a 75 basis-point hike at next week’s...