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09 Jun 2025

Slow & steady

• Quiet start. US equities rose a bit overnight, while US bond yields & the USD eased. AUD & NZD near top of their respective multi-month ranges.• Macro trends. US jobs report released last Friday. Topline figures mask weakness under the hood. Indicators point to softer trends forming.• Event Radar. US/China trade talks taking place. In the US, inflation is a focus (Weds). Will the US CPI show tariff impacts on ‘goods’ prices? Global Trends It has been a quiet start to the new week across markets. US equities ended the overnight session a bit higher (S&P500 +0.1%), while US...

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05 Jun 2025

US jobs in focus

• US wobbles. US equities declined & USD softened. Public spat between Musk & Trump intensified. AUD touched a fresh year-to-date high.• Macro trends. ECB delivered a ‘hawkish’ cut. Tweaks to inflation forecasts & rhetoric suggest ECB is nearing the end of its easing cycle.• US jobs. Monthly US jobs figures in focus tonight. Various indicators point to a cooling US labour market. Will the data spring a surprise? Global Trends A couple of push-pull forces generated a few wobbles overnight. On net, in contrast to the modest uptick in European equities the major US markets declined (S&P500 -0.5%) with...

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04 Jun 2025

Currency Momentum Slows As Markets Wait To Exhale

An early-week rebound in the dollar is losing steam this morning as markets shift focus toward macroeconomic indicators and await developments in trade negotiations between the US and China. The greenback is trading slightly lower against a basket of its most-traded peers, benchmark ten-year Treasury yields are almost unchanged, and equity futures are positioning for modest gains at the North American open. Data published yesterday showed US labour markets cooling only slightly in April, even as business and consumer confidence measures plunged. According to the closely-watched Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, job postings increased by 191,000 to 7.4 million...

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02 Jun 2025

Trade War Flare-Up Destabilises Dollar

The dollar is back on the defensive as June begins, retreating amid a worsening in trade tensions between the United States and its global counterparts. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he would double steel tariffs to 50 percent, again raising taxes on American consumers while prompting fears of a new round of countermeasures from Canada and the European Union. China yesterday accused the US of “seriously violating” the trade ceasefire agreed in Geneva last month, noting that Washington has imposed a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures,” including restrictions on chip design software, warnings against the purchase of Huawei products,...

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01 Jun 2025

Hold the line

• Holding on. Consolidation across markets on Friday. US yields slipped back. AUD & NZD tread water. AUD near 1-month average.• Data flow. Tariff impacts starting to show. Container traffic to US slowing. Medium-term downside growth risks remain in place, in our view.• Event Radar. Q1 AU GDP due this week. ECB & BoC are meeting. A few US Fed members speak. US ISM & monthly jobs report also scheduled. Global Trends Despite a flurry of US data releases on Friday it was a quiet end to the week in markets. On net the US S&P500 was little changed over...

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