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Will US inflation spring a surprise?

• Weaker JPY. Quiet markets, except for the JPY. Reports indicating the BoJ may not be in a rush to change policy has weighed on the JPY.• US CPI. US inflation tonight, ahead of this weeks Fed meeting. Signs inflation is easing should support views the next move will be to cut rates, albeit in 2024.• AUD anniversary. 40yrs since the float. Over this time AUD avg. $0.7550. But it is volatile. On avg. AUD has traded in a ~14cent range each year. It has been a quiet start to the week across most markets as participants marked time ahead...

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US Fed in focus this week

• US jobs. Payrolls were a bit higher than forecast & US unemployment dipped. US equities & yields rose giving the USD some support.• FX moves. The USD rebound was modest. Most of the major pairs, including the AUD, only slipped back to where they were tracking the day earlier.• Event radar. Locally, jobs data is due. Offshore, the US Fed, ECB & BoE meet. On top of that US CPI & retail sales are released, as is the China data batch. Positive sentiment across financial markets continued into the end of last week. A better-than-expected US labour market report...

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BoJ finally set to join the party?

• JPY surge. Comments by BoJ officials has bolstered expectations a change could be coming. The jump in the JPY has cascaded across FX markets.• USD weaker. The 2.6% drop in USD/JPY (the 2nd most traded currency pair) has given other currencies a boost. AUD is back over ~$0.66.• US jobs. US labour market report released tonight. The end of the auto strike can give employment a temporary boost. But broader conditions should loosen. The tone across markets was a bit more positive overnight. US equities rebounded (S&P500 +0.8), with the tech-focused NASDAQ outperforming (+1.3%). Optimism about Artificial Intelligence re-emerged...

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Growth worries return

• Bond yields. Weaker than expected data & drop in oil has bolstered rate cut bets, pushing long-end bond yields lower once again.• Shaky sentiment. Negative sentiment gave the USD a bit of a boost. After clawing back ground earlier on, the AUD is back down where it was 24hrs ago.• AU GDP. Economic momentum has stepped down. While the growth outlook supports the case for no more hikes, RBA cuts could still be some time away. Global bonds have continued to power ahead. Weaker than expected data and an oil price slump has eased inflation worries, bolstered rate cut...

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Pivot expectations go global

The greenback is staging a modest recovery this morning – not because traders are suddenly coming to the realization that Federal Reserve rate cut expectations have overshot, but because expectations for other central banks are falling even faster. Investors expect six rate cuts from the European Central Bank next year after German factory orders fell unexpectedly in October, adding to a mountain of evidence suggesting that the powerhouse of the euro area economy is in recession. Demand for manufactured goods fell -3.7 percent, coming in well below the 0.2-percent increase expected by economists as machinery and equipment orders plunged. In...

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