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    The Steady U.S. Bond Yields Drive Dollar to its Lowest

    The Dollar dropped on Monday morning in Asia as the riskier currencies including the Australian dollar recovered the loss against U.S. Dollar as the result of the previous week’s aggressive selloff in global bonds.

    After the Asian trade starts on Monday the U.S. currency, on the whole, began declining. The so evident global bond market’s situation where yield increased drastically over the raised hope of the economic recovery from COVID-19 provoked the sell-off during the past week.

    The U.S. Dollar Index was inched down 0.04% to 90.843 versus a basket of other currencies.

    The USD/JPY pair slightly down 0.08% to 106.50.

    The AUD/USD pair was up 0.53% to 0.7745. The Reserve bank of
    Australia will release its interest rate on Tuesday with the NZD/USD pair inclined 0.59% to 0.7269.

    The USD/CNY pair slightly down 0.14% to 6.4638.

    The GBP/USD pair was high 0.28% to 1.3971.

    The Benchmark 10 year U.S. Treasuries yield presently trades at 1.41%.
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    The Decline in European Stock Futures; New COVID-19 Warning

    European Stock Markets opens on a lower note on Tuesday. Investors are looking forward to the fresh COVID-19 cases.

    DAX Futures contract in Germany dropped 0.6%.

    FTSE 100 futures in the United Kingdom fall off 0.3%.

    Many European countries remain in lockdown, but discussions are underway over the timing of when these restrictions are lifted.

    The rapid increase of COVID-19 cases increases worldwide last week for the first time in seven weeks according to the World Health Organization mentioned on Monday.

    Myriad of European Countries are still in lockdown, nonetheless, officials are amid conversation of lifting the restrictions.

    Hong Kong is in dilemma whether to add special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) to the Asian Financial hub list.

    A SPAC is a blank-cheque company that raises funds via initial public offering (IPO) with the objective of amalgamation with another organization so that they will able to list more frequently.

    Most SPACs are almost listed in the United States. The amount to be raised by far is $60 billion in the initial months of 2021.
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  • parseval
    parseval Posts: 12
    edited October 9
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    Crypto Trading Bots: Crypto Trading Products by Xtream Forex

    In Crypto Trading, producing benefits for the most part relies upon how rapidly one winds up purchasing and selling digital resources. Thus, even a minor deferral in these compromises can cause recognizable misfortunes. That is the reason individuals frequently consider utilizing crypto trading bots.
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    Trading bots work by discussing straightforwardly with trades and putting orders naturally for your benefit. They choose what to do or which move to make by observing business sector costs and developments just as following up on your preset principles. A trade client gives admittance to the exchanging bot by giving the bot their API keys. Two keys are utilized to tell the trade that a bot has been permitted by you to get to your account and exchange for your sake.
    Crypto trading bots can without much of a stretch mechanize the examination and translation of market insights. They can accumulate market information, decipher it, figure the potential market hazard, and execute purchasing/selling digital money resources. For example, you can set up a crypto trading bot to buy more Bitcoin when the BTC cost goes lower than a predefined limit.
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    This module likewise utilizes market information however to compute the expected danger on the lookout. In light of the data, the bot will choose the amount to contribute or exchange. It’s presumably the most basic part of a crypto trading bot.

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    This module of the bot utilizes APIs to purchase or sell the digital money resource deliberately. Now and then, you should try not to purchase tokens in mass. Then again, a few circumstances call for sure-fire buys. The Execution module deals with such angles.

    Favorable circumstances of Crypto Trading Bots

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    Exchanging cryptocurrency resources utilizing a bot is in every case more productive. You don’t need to stress over deferrals or human mistakes. However long the bot gets the right information and has reasonable calculations, it can exchange resources with a superior possibility of benefit. Additionally, these bots can work 24*7.

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    The Dollar Elevated Amid Treasuries Yield Rise

    The Dollar Slightly up on Thursday morning in Asia following hitting a seven-month high against the yen. The U.S. Currencies would continue to gain against the Yen and Treasury yields pursue to rise systematically. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is ready to give a speech on the second half of the day.

    The Record Ten-year Treasury yield obtained 1.4894% at the Asian session. The Dollar re-entered the market by trading up against major currencies resultantly, encourages the investor’s sentiment.

    The U.S. Dollar Index inched up 0.03% to 91.032 against a basket of other currencies.

    The USD/JPY pair was slightly up 0.04& to 107.03.

    The AUD/USD pair inched up 0.17% to 0.7788 with The NZD/USD pair slightly up 0.16% to 0.7258.

    The USD/CNY pair edged up 0.03% to 6.4696.

    The GBP/USD pair inched down 0.11% to 1.3937.

    The Online Speech of Powell in regards to the Wall Street Journal jobs will be submitted later in the day, investors will closely monitor for any clue over the current treasuries yields selloff and what changes would be expected on the evaluation of the economy after the Fed’s next meeting ending 17 March 2021.
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    Investors Contemplate over the reach of Stocks after Volatile Week

    Investors are in dilemma about the stock market after the U.S. technology shares slipped. The market is questing whether the decline is a chance to lift the bargains or the future of stock will be grim.

    The Nasdaq Composite, an indicator that includes tech and growth names has collapsed by 8.3%.

    Tesla shares off 27% and Peloton fell by 32%.

    The S&P 500 technology sector has retreat 7% since the U.S. Treasuries Yield’s most recent rise in February, On the Other Hand, the Russell 1000 growth Index has declined by 7.7% against a 1.8% gain for its equivalent value index.

    Some Fraction of Investors anticipated that ongoing decline could be for a longer period than the previous dips creating a worrisome situation as the hope of United States economic recovery is turning from the Stay at home trades towards names prepare to get advantages from the country’s reopening.
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    Dollar gets the Benefit Amid Economic Recovery; get Support from Bond Rise

    Overall performance of Dollar is under control due to the rise in Bond
    The Swiss Franc declined to 0.9369 per Dollar.
    The GBP slightly up 0.1% to $1.3834, with a three-week low of $1.3779 on Friday.
    The USD inclined to 109.235 against the yen, the highest in nine months on the other hand Euro hovered at $1.18530.

    The rise in bond yields and expectations of the fastest economic recovery due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S gives the benefit to the Dollar and The U.S. currency holding the position near a 3 ½ month high versus other currencies on Tuesday.

    The Dollar’s Index rose 0.1% against the six major currencies to 92.469, the highest since late November.

    The dollar lingered around three-month highs on Monday after the approval of the U.S senate stimulus bill instigated another sell-off in the bond market.

    The U.S. data shows non-farm payrolls gushed by 379,000 jobs last month while the U.S. Senate approved President Joe Biden’s $1.9 Trillion stimulus package.

    The U.S. data labor market is ameliorated; the Market is getting better with each passing day with the expectation of economic recovery by the vaccination roll out and the passage of stimulus package.

    The Market is looking forward to The U.S. Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting going to be held next week, However, the expectation of any major changes is not in cards due to the speech of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell last week shows the least botheration in the rise in Bond Yields.
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    EUR/USD: THE SPOTLIGHT STAYS ON THE 200-DMA AT 1.1826 – CREDIT SUISSE

    EUR/USD has maintained as required at the arising 200-day moving average (DMA), currently seen at 1.1826, and analysts at Credit Suisse proceed to seem for a platform here, for now at least. The big picture though the peril is seen rising for a split lower to expose the 38.2% retracement of the entire 2020/2021 uptrendat 1.1695.

    “EUR/USD has balanced for now as expected just ahead of our target of the rising 200-day average, right now it seems at 1.1826. With the additional value resistance not far below the late November low at 1.1800, we keep on searching for a story in this 1.1823 zone, for the present at any rate.”

    Resistance for recuperation stays seen at 1.1916 initially, with 1.933/47 seen as a close-term key. Above here is needed to confirm a near-term floor is indeed in place, clearing the way for a recovery back to 1.1991, not only value resistance but also the 38.2% retracement of the fall from late of February and 13-Day exponential average, which we would hope to demonstrate an intense beginning obstruction.

    Post a close term bound back, our bias stays lower for a closing break of 1.1826 to see the risk stay directly bearish with support then seen next 1.1800 in front of the 1.1745 and afterward more importantly at the 38.2% retracement of the entire 2020/2021 uptrend at 1.1695, with a new floor expected here.
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    Dollar Elevated as Treasury Yields climbs with Persistence Inflation Worries

    The U.S Currency was high on Monday morning in Asia, hold up by a rise in benchmark Treasury yields to more than one year high because of persistence treat in regards to high inflation.

    The U.S. Dollar Index inched up 0.08% to 91.748 against a basket of other currencies following touching near a one-week low at the end of the last week.
    The USD/JPY pair slightly up 0.13% to 109.19.

    The AUD/USD pair was slightly down 0.23% to 0.7744 on the Other hand NZD/USD pair was high by 0.28% to 0.7195.

    The USD/CNY pair slightly down 0.05% to 6.5048. The Chinese data released mentioned that industrial production grew 35.1% per annum in February.
    The GBP/USD pair slightly up 0.01% to 1.3923.

    Investors worry about The extraordinary economic recovery leading to the current inflation rise following the $1.9 trillion packages was passed into law. moreover, the increase in the pace of COVID Vaccine rollouts. As per the order of president Joe Biden, every state is entitled to vaccination by May 1.
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    The Dollar Elevated Cautious trading ahead of Fed Meets

    The Dollar was slightly higher in early European trading Tuesday along with Asia, hang on to small gains amid a central bank meeting, advertize by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s two-day gathering that starts later in the day.

    The U.S. Dollar Index inched up 0.05% to 91.882 against the basket of other currencies.

    The USD/JPY pair slightly up 0.06% to 109.19. The Bank of Japan will start its two-day policy meeting a comprehensive policy review, on Thursday.

    The AUD/USD pair was slightly Down 0.10% to 0.7747.

    The NZD/USD pair inched down 0.03% to 0.7198.

    The USD/CNY pair slightly up 0.05% to 6.5028.

    The GBP/USD pair inched down 0.12% to 1.386.

    The Fed anticipated making some changes to its ongoing monetary policy. Meanwhile, the investors are bothered about the continued rise in inflation, the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a hefty stimulus package in the U.S, and the hope for rapid global recovery from COVID-19.
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    The Dollar Trembled following Fed Remains its Peaceful Policy Decision

    The Dollar wobbled on Thursday morning in Asia. The U.S. Federal Reserve stop the speculation of no hurry to increase the interest rates through all of 2023 even after the prompt economic recovery.

    The USD/CNY pair edged down 0.14% to 6.4948 and the GBP/USD pair inched down 0.10% to 1.3950.

    The U.S Dollar Index slightly up 0.10% to 91.483 against the basket of the other currencies.

    The USD/JPY pair elevated 0.24% to 109.09.The AUD/USD pair inched down 0.37% to 0.7823 with NZD/USD pair slightly up 0.07% to 0.7245.

    Fed Chairman Jerome Powell persist pacifist at the time of presenting the Fed’s latest policy decision on Wednesday, stop the guesswork that the central bank would pull back its stimulus package due to the raised hopes for a strong economic recovery.

    The Fed speculated that the economy might grow 6.5% in 2021, the highest annual bounce in GDP since 1984 and a 2.3% point difference from its estimation three months ago.

    The bank of England is broadly expected to leave its bank rate at 0.1% and its bond-buying program unchanged when it hands down its policy decision later in the day with the Bank of Japan is going to present its own policy decision on Friday.
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    Australian Stocks Declined with Asia Stocks Unsettled

    The losses in the Energy, Industrials, Metals, and Mining sectors led to Shares lower, consequently, Australia Stocks were lower after the close on Friday.
    S&P/ASX 200 decreased 0.56% in Sydeny

    The Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) Outshines, rose 4.17% or 0.390 points to trade 9.750 at the close.

    The Shopping Centres Australasia Group (ASX: SCP) added 3.77% or 0.090 Points to end at 2.480.

    Altium(ASX: ALU) was high 0.98 points to 27.80 in late trade.

    Some worst performers were Silver Lake Resources Ltd(ASX: SLR) fell 4.44% to trade at 1.615 at the close.

    Perseus Mining Ltd(ASX: PRU) declined 3.98% or 0.050 points to end at 1.205.
    Lastly, Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX: NCM) was declined 3.43% or 0.860 points to 24.200.
    Asian Share Markets dropped on Friday following a hike in global bond yields.

    With the sudden change of 7% overnight, Brent Crude futures low jump of just 11 cents to $63.39 a barrel on the other hand U.S. crude added 6 cents to $60.06.
    Markets fluctuate because of the Bank Of Japan’s decision to broaden the target band for 10-Year yields with the adjustment of purchasing of assets.

    As the bank is trying to keep it lively and brisk so they can ease the more sustainability, however, investors are taking a turning point from the all-out stimulus.
    Chinese blue chips lost 1.9%, might be frightened by an exchange between Chinese and U.S. diplomats at the first in-person meeting of Biden’s administration.
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    Surprise Replacement of Central bank Governor Elevated Dollar

    The Turkish Lira subside against the Dollar following President Tayyip Erdogan replaced the Central bank governor Naci Agbal over the weekend due to the high-interest rate.

    The U.S. Dollar Index Slightly Up 0.16% to 92.073 against the basket of other currencies.

    The USD/JPY pair was slightly down 0.03% to 108.84.

    The AUD/USD pair was down 0.30% to 0.7719 with NZD/USD pair slightly down 0.17% to 0.7151.
    The USD/CNY pair slightly up 0.06% to 6.5108.

    The GBP/USD pair was slightly down 0.26% to 1.3832.

    The Shocking decision by Erdogan to dismiss the service of Agbal came two days after a surge in inflation by 16% and support the Turkish Lira. Now, Sahap Kavcioglu will command. The central bank will most probably reverse the hawkish steps which could lead to upcoming market volatility.

    The Lira was at 8.10 per dollar in early Asia Trade, declined 11% from its close on Friday. The Lira fell by 14.9% to 8.4850 at one point, Close to a record low of 8.5800.
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    S&P 500 PROSPECTS FOLLOW US TREASURY YIELDS TO THE SOUTH AHEAD OF POWELL-YELLEN DUET

    S & P 500 Futures fails to increase the prior day’s recovery moves, part ways from Wall Street gains.
    Cautions sentiment ahead of key testimony West Versus China struggle heavily the mood amid a light calendar.
    Early Signals recommend no challenges to further stimulus.

    S & P 500 Futures print equable losses of 0.15% while moving back to 3,925 during early Tuesday. The risk barometer flips in favor of bears while neglecting losses of the US Treasury yields ahead of Congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

    Other than the pre-event cautious sentiment, geopolitical fears from the Western struggle with China over Xinjiang human rights violations also count on the sentiment. The network includes American, Europe, Canada and, the UK to battle Beijing with sanctions over key diplomats.

    During this prepared statements for the testimony, Fed’s Powell signaled that the US economic recovery is far from complete and needs an incentive aid, with the Fed can give “as long as required”. On the other hand, Treasury Secretly Yellen sounds positive over the employment scenario while eyeing full employment in 2022 but also battles for easy money.

    COVID-19 updates and vaccine jitters, coupled with the Chinese Claim of a Stronger economy, also try to offer an active session in Aia but all fails as traders await the US event, schedule for late Tuesday.

    Although the easy money is almost ready to be backed, market players are more interested in hearing about the idea fears and odds of tapering to recall the bond bears. In the absence of which, sentiment can turn positive.
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    USD/CAD: BOC TO GIVE AN ENCOURAGING TAILWIND FOR THE LOONIE- TDS

    Statisticians at TD Securities look for the CAD to maintain a supportive tailwind after the Bank of Canada outlined steps to unwind its remarkable encouragement programs in the weeks ahead.

    “The Bank will discontinue all remaining liquidity-focused programs ‘in the coming weeks. Term repo operations will be discontinued generally in mid-May. The CP, corporate bond, and provincial bond programs will not be continued beyond their upcoming prospective expiration dates, as we expected, as system-wide liquidity remained ‘ample’. More importantly, however, Gravelle verified the BoC did not currently plan to sell assets purchased under these programs.”

    Gravelle released strong evidence that the BoC would soon begin to reduce its GoC purchases. While Gravelle did not explicitly perform that judgment in April, we do not think it is very hard to connect the dots. Indeed, we continue to look for a reduction in weekly GoC purchases to $3bn at the April policy announcement.

    We see that the bounce in USD/CAD had been fairly mild these days even ahead of Tuesday’s event. Interestingly, the move higher had not been able to hold onto a 1.26 handle— at least for very long. While we suspect overall USD direction is likely to dominate, we think USD/ CAD would be one of the better places to sell dollars if we do get a broader pullback in its latest rebound.
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    Dollar Elevated, Euro Put with Massive Monthly Drop Since 2019

    The Dollar was high on Monday morning, lingered around record gains the euro and yen. The Last week’s U.S. Economic data and the rapid pace of the COVID-19 Vaccination rollout program leads the traders to turn towards the Dollar.

    The U.S. Dollar Index slightly up 0.10% to 92.812 against a basket of other currencies.

    The USD/JPY pair slightly up 0.01% to 109.66.

    The AUD/USD pair slightly down 0.08% to 0.7629.

    The USD/NZD pair inched down 0.10% to 0.6984.

    The USD/CNY pair slightly up 0.03% to 6.5433, with Chinese manufacturing and non-manufacturing purchasing managers index figures due later in the week.
    The GBP/USD pair slightly down 0.06% to 1.3777.

    The Euro traded at $1.1788, headed to its worst month since mid-2019. The worrisome situation of supply and safety impacts Europe’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the rapid increase of cases led investors to remain heavily long euros.

    The U.S. has sped up the vaccination goal after completing its 100-million-shots objective more than a month ahead of schedule.

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  • shorttsip
    shorttsip Posts: 1
    edited October 9
    thanks
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    Aurneriel Posts: 1
    edited October 9
    The most surprising thing for me was the location.
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    Reserve Bank of Australia raises rates again

    The Reserve Bank Board should slow the pace of rate increases once it reaches its assessment of neutral. That is particularly because of the treacherous lags that will have built up as the inevitable result of such a sharp rate increase in rates, from 0.1% back in May.

    The Governor has certainly indicated that intention, both in the speech to the Australian Business Economists on September 8 and in the Parliamentary hearing last Friday.

    The scaling back to a slower pace of tightening could begin from the October meeting, with the cash rate having reached the neutral zone at 2.35%.

    There has always been some uncertainty as to whether a starting point of 2.35% would be too far below the Governor’s assessment of neutral. He has argued in the past that the real neutral is at least zero, implying a 2.5% nominal rate given longer term inflation expectations. That is above the 2.35% starting point for the October meeting.

    That 1% growth rate now has some downside risks but for now given the current momentum in the economy, it’s decided not to mark 2023 growth down any further. It’s also noted that since the forecast is 1% growth rate in 2023 we have revised down our 2022 growth rate from4.4% to 3.4% meaning that the level of GDP by end 2023 will be considerably lower than we had expected when we first made the 1% growth forecast.

    3.6% terminal rate as over-tightening but the growth rate required to achieve the objective of wringing inflation out of the system is consistent with the 3.6%. Given these extreme circumstances around the build up of inflationary pressures central banks will take the policy of least regret. Which will be to err on the side of containing inflation at the potential cost of growth in the near term.
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    Reserve Bank of Australia raises rates again

    The Reserve Bank Board should slow the pace of rate increases once it reaches its assessment of neutral. That is particularly because of the treacherous lags that will have built up as the inevitable result of such a sharp rate increase in rates, from 0.1% back in May.

    The Governor has certainly indicated that intention, both in the speech to the Australian Business Economists on September 8 and in the Parliamentary hearing last Friday.

    The scaling back to a slower pace of tightening could begin from the October meeting, with the cash rate having reached the neutral zone at 2.35%.

    There has always been some uncertainty as to whether a starting point of 2.35% would be too far below the Governor’s assessment of neutral. He has argued in the past that the real neutral is at least zero, implying a 2.5% nominal rate given longer term inflation expectations. That is above the 2.35% starting point for the October meeting.

    That 1% growth rate now has some downside risks but for now given the current momentum in the economy, it’s decided not to mark 2023 growth down any further. It’s also noted that since the forecast is 1% growth rate in 2023 we have revised down our 2022 growth rate from4.4% to 3.4% meaning that the level of GDP by end 2023 will be considerably lower than we had expected when we first made the 1% growth forecast.

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    SNB could surprise (again) with a larger than expected hike

    The central bank entered ZIRP between 2011-2015 before switching to NIRP with a rate of -0.75%, where it remained until June this year. And with seemingly few paying attention, they not only hiked rates but came out swinging with a 50 bp hike and sent shockwaves across currency markets. This quickly saw the yen strengthen as traders assumed the BOJ would be next to follow, but we’re still waiting and will likely be for some time. But the main point is that the SNB is likely to hike again tomorrow, and it would be wise to at least be prepared for a larger hike than some expect.

    A recent poll saw economists up their 50bp hike for the SNB to 75bp. But in light of Sweden’s Riksbank hiking by 100bp, wholesale prices in Germany exploding higher and the potential for the Fed to hike by 100bp, the potential for the SNB to join to 100bp club. Besides, they hiked by 50bp when the consensus was for no change at all and have a track record with an element of surprise. Furthermore, the Swiss government upgraded 2022 CPI from 2.5% to 3%, and for 2023 from 1.4% to 2.3%- so perhaps they know something.

    There are some examples of a strong bullish trend on a currency chart, than CHF/JPY right now. Momentum has been increasing during each impulse move higher, the moving averages are in bullish sequence and fanning out, and prices are respecting the closest average as support.

    Prices have been coiling up within a falling wedge pattern and potentially printed its swing low this week at the 10-day EMA. Furthermore, a 3-day bullish reversal pattern called a morning star has formed, so the bais remains bullish above this week’s low and for a move to the 150.71 high. A break above which brings 154 into focus. If prices break low we would still keep an eye out for a potential swing low, given the diverging policies between the SNB and BOJ.

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    How Much FOMC Interest Rate Hike By Fed?

    The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee lifted the federal funds rate to the 3.0% to 3.25% range and reaffirmed a continuation of its balance sheet runoff. The Fed updated its language stating the “recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production. Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to pandemic, higher food and energy prices, and broader price pressures”.

    The Summary of Economic Projections was updated from June:-

    The median projection for real GDP growth was downgraded in 2022. The forecast for 2023,2024,2025 and the longer run came in at 1.2%, 1.7%, 1.8% and 1.8% respectively.

    The median unemployment rate forecast was 3.8% for 2022. 4.4% for 2023, 4.4% in 2024 and 4.3% in 2025. The longer-run estimate of the unemployment rate stayed the same at 4.0%.

    On inflation, the median estimate for core PCE was assumed to be 4.5% in 2022, 3.1% in 2023, 2.3% in 2024 and 2.1% in 2025.
    The median projection for the fed funds rate was lifted to 4.4% in 2022, 4.6% in 2023, 3.9% in 2024, and 2.9% in 2025. The long-run neutral rate was assumed to be 2.5%.

    All the members of the FOMC voted in favor of the decision:-

    Another Fed meeting, another 75 basis point hike. Even though headline inflation has shown signs of peaking, underlying measures of core inflation have yet to turn decisively enough for the Fed to slow the pace of rate hikes. With Fed members now expecting that core inflation will remain above 3% through 2023, they have signaled even more hikes are on the deck over the next few months and into 2023. This has Treasury yields rising, with the U.S.
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    BOE: Another 50bp hike and we expect more to come

    The BOE hiked policy rates by 50bp, bringing the bank rate to 2.25. The extent to which fiscal policy is set to boost demand and hence impact policy setting is still highly uncertain. Call for a 50bp hike in November and December and 25bp in February with risks of skewed towards additional hikes in 2023.

    The Bank Of England increased the Bank Rate by 50bp to 2.25% with 5 member voting for 50bp increase, 3 members voting for 75bp and one member voting for 25bp. As expected, BoE announced that outright government bond selling will start with a total reduction in bond holdings of 80 billion pounds over 12 months. The BoE repeated its meeting-by-meeting approach stating that “Policy is not on a pre-set path” giving close to no forward guidance to markets.

    One of the key takeaways from the Monetary Policy Summary is that the BoE no longer seem to pencil in a recession by Q4 2022. Note no inflation or growth forecast were published at this interim meeting, but not mentioning a recession gives a hint that the recession won’t hit as soon as BoE predicted in August. This feeds well into our narrative of the Fiscal stimulus providing near-term support to the economy. With newly elected PM Lizz Truss having announced the energy relief plan, which will cap energy prices for households, BoE now sees the peak in CPI inflation to be just below 11% compared to the 13% projected in August.

    EUR/GBP initially moved higher upon announcement to 0.8740 from 0.8700. However, the move was overall muted with the cross later settling around 0.8720. We see a case for EUR/GBP to remain elevated in the near-term, but in the longer-term it is expected to cross move lower as expected the positive USD environment to eventual benefit GBP relative to EUR.
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    GBP down during Asian Trade

    The pound was aggressively lower during Asian trade. CME stopped trading of GBP futures. GBP/USD touched a record low. Combination of the UK’s mini budget and flight to the dollar weigh on sterling.

    The GBP was already facing heavy selling pressure on Friday when the UK’s new chancellor unveiled his new mini budget. The plan has been perceived as a tax cut for the rich alongside higher levels of debt, with one former treasury minister calling budget a “high risk gamble. The week closed with GBP/USD falling to just shy of its all time low set in 1985. And that level did not last very long.

    In today’s session there is an aggressive selloff for the British pound, which has sent GBP.USD to a fresh record low. Currently down around -2.4%, its within its fifth consecutive down day, which includes a -3.6% decline on Friday. Such levels of volatility have not been seen since March 2020, and not restricted to GBP/USD.

    It’s currently the most volatile month for GBP/JPY since November 2016 and the most bearish month since June 2016. EUR/GBP has accelerated nearly 4% higher and sliced through 0.9000 like a hot knife through butter. And with higher levels of volatility come higher levels of implied volatility. Overnight IV for GBP/USD has increased to an annualized rate of 34.45%, which is its highest level since December 2019.
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    EUR/USD approaches 0.9600 lows as recovery loses

    There was a sharp movement in euro which may be missed. The single currency dropped to a fresh low on the year against the greenback, reaching a low of 0.9551 before bouncing back to hit 0.9700, from where it has since drifted back lower. The EUR/USD has now fallen for the fifth consecutive day. However, it was still off the lows at the time of writing, along with the GBP/USD. Will there be any dup buying as we had to the European close?

    There are no obvious sings of a bottom in the EUR/USD yet, there’s the possibility we may see some short-covering at the start of this week, primarily due to the prospects of some coordinated central bank action while the lack of fresh news may encourage short-side profit-taking. In addition, the ECB is acknowledging that the growth and inflation outlook has bad and that the risks on latter are on the upside because of a weaker exchange rate. This is what President Lagarde said earlier today, which cause a bit if a bounce in the euro, although the upside remained capped as investors worried about the health of the economy. Any front-loading of interest rate hikes will only bring forward the time the ECB cuts again to help boost the economy. The central bank’s hands are tied, like the BoE and others.

    There will be CPI on Friday although German inflation numbers will be released a day earlier which will be as if not more important. Eurozone CPI has repeatedly broken records this year and in August it rose to an eye-watering 9.1% annual rate. Are we going to see double digits given the further weakness in the single currency? If so, this will cement expectations about a 75-basis point ECB rate hike on October 27, and potentially lead to speculation about an even more aggressive approach from the central bank.
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    US Housing data, Core PCE inflation

    The slowing US housing market is making alive some memories from the 200—2009 great recession but there is some confusion about whether it’s a red flag for the economy these days. New home sales have been trending downwards so far this year and the August reading is expected to mark a new low at 500k from 511k previously, the lowest in six years. Pending home sales due today could show a steeper contraction of -1.4% from -1.0% previously, remaining negative for the third consecutive month.

    A stabilization in the red-hot rent market in August, perhaps on the back of state limits in some regions, was probably a catalyst to a softer house demand too. However, more than half of the renters are still facing elevated prices year-on-year and given the inflation in construction materials as well as the tight supply of houses, there is little prospect for a significant slowdown in the market.

    The strength in the labor market is also a tailwind for the real estate sector, delaying any defaults in loan payments. Personal income and consumption figures and together the core PCE inflation on Friday could provide some updates on that front. Although expectations are for a minor monthly pickup to 0.3% and 0.2% respectively, the indicators may not rise any concerns if they stay within normal levels. A potential mild increase in the core PCE inflation to 4.7% y/y would not be something new either after similar pace in the core CPI inflation reading.

    Unless a significant negative deviation from forecasts takes place, this wek’s dataset may not have the power to shake the dollar. It’s obvious that monetary policy is the main player in town in global markets, therefore investors may appear more sensitive to speeches from Fed policymakers in the rest of the week, especially if comments shed more light on how big size of future rate hikes will be. Chairman Jerome Powell, as well as Charles Evans and James Bullard will be commenting at events today, while James Bullard, Loretta Mester and John Willams will follow next later in the week.
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    NZ business sentiment is less dire, RBNZ hint at rate cycle high

    Business outlook is now -37.6, up 25.9 points higher than the June low. Business outlook rose for a third month and at its fastest m/m pace since December 2020. Activity outlook rose from-4 to -1.8. Import intentions expanded for a second month. A large improvement for profit expectations, even though it remains negative overall. Credit conditions highest since mid-2021. All sectors see improved activity vs 1-year ago. Pricing intentions are still high, but inflation expectations dipped below 6% for the first time in six months.

    Business sentiment may not be going from strength to strength, but to see pessimism lose its grip after multi-year lows certainly a step in the right direction. Besides, investors tend to look at the rate of change over the absolute level of such indicators, and right now it looks very likely that business sentiment hit its low in June.

    The inflation and higher rates are having a negative effect on business sentiment. At 3%, RBNZ has one of the highest cash rates among the major economies and second place to the BOC and Fed at 3.25%. It’s likely we’ll see another 25bp hike but it’s also possible we could be nearing the terminal rate. Governor Orr said in August that the next rate move is not obvious and earlier today he said, whilst there’s still work to do regarding rates, the tightening cycle was already very mature. So against that backdrop, we suspect a 25bp hike on October the 5th, and may even see a pause-and will look for such clues in the October statement and minutes.

    AUD/NZD is currently within its seventh consecutive bullish month and risen over10% from its September 2021 low. It still has the potential to move back to the 2015 high round 1.1680, but we’ll also keep in mind the potential for a policy divergence between the RBNZ and RBA. And it is by identifying such potential inflection points ahead of time that investors stand a better chance of getting more for future moves in currency markets. On that note, AUD/NZD is on track for a bearish pinbar week around current levels, below 1.1500.
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    Recession Fears: The Ukraine war is affecting markets

    The Ukraine ware is affecting markets around the world and generating extreme volatility. Worries over inflation in Europe have been brewing even before Russia war with Ukraine in February. While some considered it was temporary, others warned that it was a sign of a deeper crisis. Now, six months since the start of the war in Ukraine, is a recession inevitable in Europe?

    The impacts of the conflict will likely vary depending on geographical location. Europe, and countries such as the Baltic states and Poland, are likely to experience more difficulties than countries that depend less on Russia for energy. Western Europe, in particular Germany, also has no easy alternative energy source to replace natural gas from Russia. After Moscow decided to temporarily suspend its gas supply to Germany, gas prices climbed to 295 Euro per Megawatt-hour. Recent data showed that business activity in Germany and France contracted in August due to falling demand and rising prices.
    The Euro hit a new 20-year low against the USD, making it more expensive to buy energy on international markets, which is paid with the USD. Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, forecast that inflation, which is at 7.5%, will hit double figures in autumn.

    In the US there are already signs of improvement as inflation fell in July from 9.1% to 8.5% due to drop in gas prices. However, Europe continues to pay for its dependence on gas and inflation in Europe is already greater than the figure in the US. Falling food prices and fall in oil prices have not been enough to counteract the increase in gas prices in Europe. But some analysts argue that a recession could help deal with inflation, as long as it is not a prolonged recession.

    Due to the global nature of financial markets, this could mean the US investors will see more volatility in the coming months, even if the US avoids recession in comparison to Europe. The European Union’s economy is larger than that of the US and many US-listed companies depend on European consumers spend less due to fear of becoming unemployed in a recession, company earnings and prices of stocks in US investors portfolios could also decline.

    Apart from Russia war, uncertainty is also likely to be raised by the prospect of unintended consequences resulting from western sanctions against Russia and the risks that policymakers will involve the US in a conflict that the US could otherwise mainly avoid the effects of.
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    Oil Prices Mixed as Markets Digest OPEC+ Supply Cut

    OPEC meeting tomorrow to determine what should be done about the amount of crude oil that is supplies to the market. Two weeks ago, the talk looked like to be whether the countries should do anything at all. However, as the price of oil continues to fall, along with weaker manufacturing data and growing fears of a recession, worries of a lack of demand had set in. Rumors started circulating that OPEC would cut supply by 500,000 bpd to 1,000,000 bpd. Over the weekend, the rumors were that OPEC would cut up to 1,500,000 bpd. Russia is said to be leading the way for the supply cuts, as western countries would then need to look to alternative sources for energy. Earlier today, OPEC canceled the Joint Technical Committee meeting scheduled for 4th October.

    WTI Crude Oil has been moving aggressively lower since June 14th when oil traded as high as 123.66. The price is moving in a downward sloping channel with brief false breaks above and below the channel. On September 26th, WTI made near-term low of 76.28. Today, Crude Oil has bounced to the top trendline of the channel, up 5%, as traders speculate on the amount of oil OPEC will cut today.

    Will OPEC cut back on supply today ? If so, by how much ? It seems like the consensus is for a 1,000,000 bpd cut in supply. If that is the case, be careful of a “buy the rumor, sell the fact” trade. Crude oil traded up nearly 5% today. If price continues higher, there may be a pullback on the actual release if it is in line with consensus.
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