The Nasdaq is up 1.4% as Treasury yields retreat and the market sorts through the post-BOJ wreckage. The strength in stocks demonstrates that there is a mountain of cash on the sidelines looking for a dip to buy.That kind of stock market performance would usually come...
Positive start in the US stock market as earnings lower PCE help
Major US stock indices are off to a positive start. Earnings overnight came in better than expectations and that has been the trend this week (generally speaking). The prices are rebounding as well after yesterday's decline which saw the Dow industrial average snap...
EURUSD corrects higher into overhead resistance
The EURUSD has corrected higher in trading today and the softer-than-expected core PCE data helped to push the price to a new high for the day at 1.1032. That move did extend above a swing area up to 1.10267, but overhead resistance defined by the 50% midpoint of the...
Weekly Market Recap (24-28 July)
Monday:Monday was the PMI day for many advanced economies. Below you can see the data:Australia Manufacturing PMI printed at 49.6 vs. 48.0 prior while the Services PMI came at 48 vs. 50.3 prior. The Composite PMI was 48.3 vs. 50.1 prior. Japan Manufacturing PMI...
US employment costs for Q2 1.0% versus 1.1% expected
Employment costs dip to 1%Prior quarter 1.2%Employment costs 1.0% versus 1.1% expectedBenefits 0.9% vs 1.2% last quarterWages +1.0% versus 1.2% last monthLooking at the chart, the employment costs remain in the upper end of the recent history going back to 2019, but...
US June core PCE inflation +4.1% y/y vs +4.2% expected
Prior was +4.6%PCE core 0.2% m/m vs +0.2% expectedPrior MoM +0.3%Headline inflation PCE +3.0% y/y vs +3.0% expected (Prior +3.8%)Deflator +0.2% m/m vs +0.2% expected (prior was +0.1%)Consumer spending and income for June:Personal income +0.3% vs +0.5% expected. Prior...
Canada GDP for May +0.3% versus +0.3% expected
Prior month 0.0% revise to +0.1%May GDP 0.3% versus 0.3% expectedGoods producing industries -0.3%Service producing industries +0.5%12 of 20 industrial sectors posted increasesFor the month of June ahead the projection shows:Advanced GDP estimate for June -0.2%May GDP...
US PCE, Canadian GDP data coming up next
The Bank of Japan made things interesting today with some haphazard communication and a tweak to yield-curve control. I'll have more to write on that later but first we have a full helping of economic data to digest.At the bottom of the hour:US PCEUS Q2 employment...
The GBP is the strongest and the AUD is the weakest as the NA traders enter for the day
The strongest to weakest of the major currenciesThe GBP is the strongest and the AUD is the weakest as the North American traders enter for the dayToday will be highlighted in the North American session by the PCE data in the US. Core PCE year on year is expected to...
Germany July preliminary CPI +6.2% vs +6.2% y/y expected
Prior +6.4%HICP +6.5% vs +6.6% y/y expectedPrior +6.8%Slight delay in the release by the source. Headline annual inflation comes in right on estimates and is slightly lower than in June, as preempted by the state readings from earlier. The monthly figure shows an...
ForexLive European FX news wrap: Heightened yen volatility after BOJ adjusts YCC
Headlines:Markets:GBP leads, AUD lags on the dayEuropean equities mixed; S&P 500 futures up 0.5%US 10-year yields down 4.5 bps to 3.966%Gold up 0.6% to $1,956.54WTI crude down 0.2% to $79.90Bitcoin up 0.2% to $29,196It was a busy session in markets as traders and...
NZDUSD Technical Analysis – Bearish bias remains intact
The Fed hiked interest rates by 25 bps as expected and kept the policy statement unchanged. The market was looking for clues and hints on the next policy path, but it didn’t get anything. In fact, Fed Chair Powell just reaffirmed their data dependency. Yesterday...
ECB’s Villeroy: Upcoming meeting decisions will be entirely data driven
Need to be pragmatic and keep an open mindPerseverance is now key given the time needed for full transmission of policyFrench inflation is falling even without a recessionOur growing confidence in inflation moving towards the 2% target is based on good transmission of...
Gold Technical Analysis – The sellers are eyeing a big selloff
The Fed hiked interest rates by 25 bps as expected leaving the policy statement unchanged. The market was eager to get some clues on the next policy moves but was disappointed as Fed Chair Powell just reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the...
It’s been a tough week for the aussie
On the week itself, the pair is down roughly a little over 1% with the momentum from yesterday's drop carrying over to today. The souring in the risk mood yesterday was a main drag for the aussie as well but the extension of the fall today looks to be more technical...
ECB’s Kazimir: Premature to consider a September pause the end of the tightening cycle
We should take a firm step further on our way to the topEven if we do take a break in September, it would be premature to automatically consider it the end of the cycleThere is still risk of inflation coming in higher than expectedWe are looking for the right place to...
Saxony July CPI +6.7% vs +6.8% y/y prior
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Eurozone July final consumer confidence -15.1 vs -15.1 prelim
Economic confidence 94.5 vs 95.0 expectedPrior 95.3Industrial confidence -9.4 vs -7.5 expectedPrior -7.2; revised to -7.3Services confidence 5.7 vs 5.4 expectedPrior 5.7; revised to 5.9Euro area economic confidence fell slightly in July and that reflects the added...
Japan finance minister Suzuki says specific monetary policy up to BOJ to decide
Understand today's decision is aimed at making YCC more flexibleAlso to make monetary easing more sustainableExpects BOJ to conduct monetary policy appropriatelyIt is pretty much a rehash of what we heard from Ueda earlier. Just keep in mind that when the Japanese...
Market Update – July 28
China stocks rallied and hit a 6-week high, as investor confidence in official stimulus measures strengthened. Property, financial and consumer related stocks in particular benefited, after signals of further support. The BoJ signalled a widening of the band for the...