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2024-07-30 02:05:00 ET Summary At the start of last week, the People’s Bank of China cut its seven-day repo rate to 1.7% for the first cut in a year. Due to a slowing economy in Europe, I expect another European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate cut soon. The U.S. econom...

2024-07-28 03:49:00 ET Summary The dollar, the most actively traded currency, was arguably not the prime mover in recent days. Despite what appears to be a cacophony of Fed voices, there seems to be a consensus that while confidence that inflation is on a sustainable path back to ...

2024-07-27 04:30:24 ET Summary The unwind of highly levered yen carry trades is driving de-leveraging at the periphery. De-risking/deleveraging has taken hold in the semiconductors and big tech stocks following a historic speculative melt-up. Nvidia is now down 16.2% over 12 s...

2024-07-27 01:20:00 ET Summary Amid high inflation and low housing affordability, and despite a strong economic backdrop, the upcoming U.S. election is expected to be one of the most contentious in history. Inflation is trending lower, supporting Federal Reserve rate cuts. Cyc...

2024-07-26 03:35:00 ET Summary Improving inflation and growth scenarios should enhance the equities and bond dynamic for multi-asset investors. Global economic conditions continue to normalize, led by strength in the US and more stability in the euro area and UK. With pandemic...

2024-07-25 04:25:00 ET Summary After keeping it unchanged earlier this month, the PBOC surprised markets by suddenly cutting the medium-term lending facility (MLF) by 20bp, which brought the MLF down from 2.5% to 2.3%. The timing and scale of the cut were why this decision came as...

2024-07-25 03:20:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 enjoyed a solid start to the year, fueled by the Federal Reserve embracing optimism about inflation without sacrificing growth. As investors look toward the second half of 2024 and into 2025, the resilience of the U.S. economy should ...

2024-07-23 09:30:00 ET Summary The PBOC made its first rate cut since February, cutting the 7-day reverse repo rate 10 basis points to 1.7%. Loan prime rates were also cut 10bp in a boost to growth. Our current forecast is for the USDCNY to end the year around 7.26. By...

2024-07-20 04:20:41 ET Summary Americans fear their country is spiraling out of control following an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, with worries growing that the Nov. 5 election could spark more political violence, a Reuters poll found. Markets are said to hate uncertainty...

2024-07-20 00:15:00 ET Summary This week, markets were influenced by trade war fears, US political developments, and a global cyber outage. In Asia, the Japanese yen weakened, and Chinese authorities remained silent on economic goals despite weak data. Next week, US PCE and GD...