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02 Mar 2025

Macro & geopolitical risks

• Market tensions. Outside of a late session rally in US stocks there was a ‘risk off’ tone. Bond yields fell. USD rose. AUD near where it started February.• Volatility. Markets have been volatile since the November US election. Given the Trump policy platform more bursts of volatility likely over the near-term.• Event radar. US tariffs on MX, CA & CH due to start this week. US jobs report & speeches by Pres. Trump & Fed Chair Powell scheduled. AU GDP due. Global Trends Financial markets remain on edge as underlying macro concerns are compounded by geopolitical tensions. Outside of...

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28 Feb 2025

Tariff Uncertainty Weighs on Markets and US Consumption

The dollar remains firmly on the offensive after Donald Trump reiterated his threat to impose near-universal 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico as soon as next week. Ten-year Treasury yields are trading close to the 4.25 percent threshold after having lost almost 35 basis points since the middle of the month, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq stock indices have given back all of this year’s gains, and a sense of caution is gripping currency markets as a range of indicators point to an uncertainty-driven slowdown in the world’s largest economy—and in the countries that it trades with. The US...

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27 Feb 2025

Tariff tango

• US tariffs. Pres. Trump confirms tariffs on Canada & Mexico will go ahead next week. Another 10% will also be placed on imports from China.• Negative jolt. US equities lost ground. The USD rose, while AUD & NZD declined ~1%. AUD is back down near where it started the month.• More volatility. Headline driven markets point to more bursts of volatility. Since the late-80s the AUD has, on average, traded in a ~1% daily range. Global Trends A bout of risk aversion washed through markets with US tariff related headlines continuing to generate volatility. After indicating yesterday that the...

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26 Feb 2025

Markets Stabilise Even As Economic Pessimism Grows

Markets are finding a firmer footing this morning after intensifying worries about the US economy’s trajectory weakened the dollar and drove yields and equity bourses lower in yesterday’s session. Today’s data calendar looks relatively quiet, but this afternoon’s Nvidia’s earnings release could move markets, and political developments will continue to occupy centre stage. A widely-watched measure of consumer confidence dropped at the fastest monthly rate since August 2021 earlier this month, suggesting that uncertainty about the Trump administration’s policies is contributing to a rising sense of alarm among Americans. Data released yesterday morning showed the Conference Board’s confidence index sliding...

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24 Feb 2025

Euro Rises As Moderates Win German Election

The euro is trading with a supportive bias after a centre-right party emerged victorious in Germany’s federal election, avoiding a lurch into extremist territory and paving the way for business-friendly economic reforms. The Christian Democrats led by Friedrich Merz are believed to have won 28.5 percent of the vote against the far-right Alternative for Germany’s 20.8 percent, 16.4 percent for the centre-left Social Democrats, 11.6 percent for the Greens, and 8.8 percent for The Left. The government could find it difficult to enact broad-reaching defence and fiscal policy changes—given that parties on the extreme left and right have enough votes...

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