Another soft inflation report in the way of PPI further fueled expectations the FOMC will be done hiking rates after the upcoming 25 bp increase on July 26. That view further fueled the rallies on bonds and stocks, while knocking the USD sharply lower. The bull curve steepened to -86 bps from -89 bps previously. Wall Street climbed on the Fed view, the drop in yields and on strong earnings news from Delta and PepsiCo. Bitcoin surged on Friday morning in Asia to breach the $31,000 resistance level, after Ripple Labs achieved a partial victory in its three-year lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- FX – The USDIndex continued to tumble, falling below the 100 level to test 99.24, the weakest since spring 2022. It looks like bearish momentum will continue to pressure as the softening in inflation and the less hawkish Fed outlooks weigh.
- EURUSD has rallied further, climbing to 1.1242, and GBPUSD jumped to 1.3140. Yen has benefited only marginally with USDJPY dipping to 137.24.
- Stocks – The US100 surged 1.58% to hit 15,729 with the US500 up 0.85% to 4542, while the US30 edged up 0.14%. #Pepsico +2.38%, Amazon +2.68%, CRM +1.36% and Tesla +2.17%.
- Commodities – USOil spiked to 77.06. Speculation that the Fed is close to peak rates and fresh optimism that China will step up support measures have boosted confidence in the demand outlook. Meanwhile supply constraints are starting to bite amid signs that Russia is finally making good on its output cut announcement. Vessel tracking data showed shipments through Russia’s western ports falling substantially in the four weeks to July 9. The EIA meanwhile said the global market is expected to tighten in the second half of the year.
- Gold – holds steady above $1950.
Today – Michigan Sentiment Index and European Commission releases Economic Growth Forecasts.
Biggest Mover @ (06:30 GMT) XRPUSD (+75%) rallied to 0.9334.
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Andria Pichidi
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