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28 Jun 2024

Markets Stabilise Ahead of Inflation Print

The dollar is slipping from a six-week high reached last night, ahead of US inflation data that is seen bolstering the case for lower interest rates. Equity futures are edging higher, Treasury yields are moving sideways, and currencies are back to trading in tight ranges as participants keep their powder dry. The latest in a series of market-moving political upsets came last night when President Biden turned in a disastrous performance in a televised debate, inviting questions from Democratic officials as to whether he should remain in the race. Struggling to counter a confident and falsehood-spewing Donald Trump, Biden’s weak...

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27 Jun 2024

Surging Dollar Squeezes Global Markets

Treasury yields are holding yesterday’s gains and the dollar is steamrolling its way past an eight-month high this morning as global borrowing costs rise and threaten economies outside the US. This morning’s jobless claims data could deliver further evidence of a cooling in US labour markets. Initial claims have remained low in recent months, but the number of people on longer-term benefits is clearly creeping higher, aligning with a generalised rise in the unemployment rate. According to recent data releases, job openings are now below long-term trends, hiring rates are coming down, the vacancy-to-unemployed worker ratio is back to 2019...

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26 Jun 2024

Dollar Keeps Winning Reverse Beauty Contest

Global bond yields are rising and the US dollar is trading on a firmer footing this morning after inflation surged unexpectedly in Canada and Australia, threatening to upend the rate cut consensus across developed markets and jeopardise growth outlooks. Australian price growth accelerated to its fastest in six months in May, knocking markets off balance and raising the likelihood of another rate hike this year. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, consumer prices rose at an annual pace of 4.0 percent in May, climbing from 3.6 percent in April and topping market forecasts that had been set at 3.8...

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26 Jun 2024

Australia’s inflation problem

Australia’s inflation genie is struggling to be put back in the bottle. The monthly CPI indicator for May was hotter than predicted. Headline inflation re-accelerated to 4%pa (from 3.6%pa in April), its fastest pace in 7-months with the 3-month and 6-month annualized run-rates also ticking higher. Positive base-effects were a factor but the detail under the hood would also be on the RBA’s radar given it has indicated limited tolerance for upside surprises. Notably, the disinflation across ‘goods’ prices looks to be stalling (‘goods’ inflation has held steady at 3.3%pa over the past few months, above its pre-COVID average). And...

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25 Jun 2024

Canadian Inflation Tops Expectations, Lowering Rate Cut Odds

Canadian headline inflation unexpectedly accelerated last month, and the underlying price indicators followed most closely by the Bank of Canada jumped – making a back-to-back rate cut at the central bank’s July meeting much less likely. Data released by Statistics Canada this morning showed the Consumer Price Index rising 2.9 percent on a year-over-year basis in May, up from the 2.7 percent increase recorded in April, and well above the 2.6-percent consensus expectation. On a month-over-month basis, prices increased 0.6 percent. The print incorporated new consumer price index basket weights, but the statistical agency noted that the headline gain would...

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