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18 Dec 2024

Fed Out-Hawks Markets, Adds Upward Momentum to Dollar

As had been widely anticipated, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point this afternoon, while also telegraphing a dramatically slower pace of easing in 2025. The Federal Open Market Committee voted by an 11-to-1 margin to lower the target range for the federal funds rate to 4.25 to 4.50 percent, with the Cleveland Fed’s Beth Hammack dissenting in favour of a hold. In the statement setting out the decision, officials made only one major change that we can see: in place of a sentence that previously said “In considering additional adjustments to the target...

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17 Dec 2024

Commodity currencies under the pump

• Commodity FX. AUD, NZD, & CAD under pressure. AUD around levels last traded in November-2023. NZD touched a fresh ~2-year low.• Central banks. US Fed meets tomorrow, as does BoJ & BoE. Another Fed rate cut expected. Focus will be on its guidance & forecasts.• Already priced? Markets already factoring in fewer Fed rate cuts in 2025. It could be hard for the Fed to be more ‘hawkish’ than what’s priced. Central bank meetings will be the focus over the next few sessions with the US Fed (Thurs 6am AEDT), Bank of Japan (Thurs, no set time), and Bank...

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17 Dec 2024

US Retail Sales Firm, Canadian Inflation Decelerates

US retail spending climbed slightly more than expected last month, suggesting that resilient consumer demand could continue to power economic outperformance through the all-important holiday season. According to figures published by the Census Bureau this morning, total receipts at retail stores, online sellers and restaurants rose 0.7 percent on a month-over-month basis in November, beating the 0.6-percent consensus forecasts, and up from a revised 0.5 percent in October. So-called “control group” retail sales sales – with gasoline, cars, food services, and building materials excluded – rose by a softer 0.4 percent, matching estimates. The dollar is holding firm, ten-year Treasury...

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16 Dec 2024

Currency Traders Brace for Tumultuous Week

Foreign exchange markets are looking deeply rangebound this morning as 2024’s last full trading week kicks off. Most major currencies are trading within a quarter percentage point of Friday’s close, Treasury yields are stable, and North American equity markets are setting up for modest losses at the open. The euro is trading on a slightly softer footing after Moody’s Ratings cut France’s credit rating, warning that growing political dysfunction could endanger the country’s borrowing capacity. According to a statement released by the agency on Friday, “the country’s public finances will be substantially weakened over the coming years. This is because...

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15 Dec 2024

Central banks in focus this week

• Mixed messages. Softer tone in equities. Bond yields continue to push higher. USD treads water, with a firmer EUR offset by a weaker JPY.• AUD & NZD. NZD tracking around levels last traded in late-2022. AUD near 2024 lows. Will this run continue or will the USD pause for breath?• Event radar. The China data batch, global PMIs, and US Fed/Bank of Japan meetings are the key events to watch this week. The divergent market trends continued into the end of last week. Equities had another soft session with a large drop in China (CSI300 -2.4%) leading the way...

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