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Markets Steady as Inflation Data Looms

Currency markets are back to treading water this morning, with the dollar remaining effectively unchanged against its major rivals as traders brace for another round of inflation prints. Treasury yields are creeping higher, equity futures are setting up for a positive open, and global oil benchmarks are flatlining even as an Iranian attack on Israel comes into closer prospect. The British pound is trading with a slightly firmer bias after the jobless rate fell unexpectedly, seemingly reducing the impetus for monetary easing from the Bank of England. According to data released by the Office for National Statistics earlier this morning,...

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Data flow set to heat up

• Quiet start. Subdued start to the new week. US equities consolidated, bond yields slipped back. Commodities firmer. This helped the AUD drift higher.• Data flow. UK jobs & US PPI due today. US inflation, RBNZ meeting, & UK CPI out tomorrow. Will the US PPI/CPI show moderating inflation pressures?• AU data. Q2 wages & business conditions in focus today. Wages drive services inflation. The monthly Australian jobs report out on Thursday. In contrast to the panic sell-off across markets last Monday it was a typical quiet start to the week yesterday. US equities consolidated (NASDAQ +0.2%, S&P500 flat), bond...

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Fragile Calm Returns

Fear levels are subsiding across financial markets after a week that shattered the typical August calm. The safe-haven yen and Swiss franc are tumbling against a recovering dollar, Treasury yields are edging upward, equity futures are pushing higher ahead of the North American open, and measures of financial stress are reverting toward levels that prevailed ahead of the July non-farm payrolls report. Last week’s moves are now seen as an overreaction. After the Institute for Supply Management’s services index rebounded and weather-related distortions were removed in last week’s initial claims data, the consensus has shifted toward expecting a continued deceleration...

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Busy week ahead

• Consolidation. Quiet end to a volatile week. Equities continue to recover. Bond yields slip back. USD treading water. AUD below 200-day moving average.• Divergence. RBA pricing still stands out. First RBA cut factored in by Feb. By this point the US Fed & RBNZ are assumed to have cut by ~120-140bps.• Event radar. Several important releases this week including US CPI/retail sales, China data batch, UK jobs/inflation, RBNZ meeting, & AU jobs/wages. It was a rather quiet and uneventful end to a volatile week on Friday. The recovery in equities continued with the US S&P500 and Japanese Nikkei edging...

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What recession?

• Fading concerns. Lower US jobless claims eased US recession fears. US equities surged. Cyclical currencies like the AUD outperformed.• RBA hawks. ‘Hawkish’ rhetoric from RBA Gov. Bullock also supported the AUD. The RBA is diverging from the pack. We think this is AUD positive.• Event radar. Limited data today. Several releases next week including US CPI/retail sales, China data, RBNZ meeting, & AU jobs/wages. Market fears have continued to fade with cyclical assets enjoying a positive 24hrs. Concerns a US recession is around the corner eased further after the latest read on initial jobless claims fell to a multi-week...

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