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US data & election in focus

• Mixed moves. US equities consolidated while bond yields nudged up. USD firmer driven by USD/JPY. AUD & NZD lost some ground on Friday.• US elections. US heads to the polls in just over a week. Trump is ahead in the battleground states. Volatility likely over the period ahead.• Event radar. Locally, Q3 CPI is due (Weds). Offshore, US GDP & non-farm payrolls are released, as is EZ GDP/CPI & China PMIs. BoJ also meets. Markets were rather subdued on Friday with US equities consolidating (S&P500 flat, NASDAQ +0.6%) and bond yields unwinding the previous day’s dip (US 10yr +3bps...

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Mean Reversion Kicks In, Forcing Dollar Retreat

Treasury yields are slipping for a second day as an early-week barfing episode gets washed out of markets, the dollar is retreating, and rival currencies are edging higher ahead of the North American equity open. Orders for durable goods fell by more than expected last month, but changes in aircraft orders obscured a relatively-positive read on underlying fundamentals. On a headline basis, new orders for goods meant to last more than three years fell -0.8 percent in the United States in September, but core capital goods – which exclude aircraft and defence products – climbed 0.5 percent, building on August’s...

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Holding steady

• Limited moves. US equities ticked up, while bond yields & the USD eased. AUD treading water just above its 1-year average.• AU CPI. Q3 inflation due next week. Gov. subsidies will see headline CPI fall. But improvement in core inflation should be more limited.• US politics. US election around the corner. Chances of a Trump win have risen. But the result may not be known for days/weeks after the event. Limited moves across markets overnight, although on balance there was a slight improvement in the underlying tone. On the back of a ~22% surge in the megacap Tesla’s share...

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Pressure building

• Negative vibes. Wobbles across risk markets with US equities slipping back overnight. Higher US yields supported the USD. AUD under pressure.• Macro trends. Bank of Canada cut rates by another 50bps. Global PMIs due today. US Fed easing expectations have been pared back.• US election. Presidential election fast approaching. Odds of a Trump win & Republican sweep on the rise. This is also boosting the USD. A few wobbles across markets overnight. Base metal and energy prices slipped back, and a selloff in tech stocks weighed on the US equity market with the NASDAQ (-1.6%) underperforming the broader S&P500...

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Dollar’s Relentless Advance Continues

Demand for the dollar keeps climbing. With less than two weeks to go before the next Federal Reserve meeting and the US presidential election, global investors are piling into the greenback, cutting wagers on an aggressive easing cycle, and betting that the next administration’s policy mix will inflict serious damage on other major economies while generating higher levels of inflation at home. The DXY dollar index is up almost 4 percent from its late September low, options markets are pointing to a growing appetite for hedges against extreme moves around the polling date, and currencies that have strong trade links...

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