EBND News and Press, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond From 03/21/24

2024-03-21 07:30:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve triggered a dollar sell-off yesterday and follow-through selling was seen in Asia before profit-taking emerged. The G10 currencies are mixed ahead of the North American open. Outside of China, the large equity markets in Asia ...

2024-03-20 12:56:00 ET Summary Pakistan has a cash flow problem. Local currency debt is more of an issue than external debt given its higher debt stock and exposure held by local commercial banks. If local currency debt were to default, local commercial banks could also default, a...

2024-03-20 06:55:00 ET Summary Ahead of the outcome of today's FOMC meeting, no change in policy is expected, but the forward guidance, partly delivered in the updated projections, is the focus. Emerging market currencies are mostly lower. Europe's Stoxx 600 is giving back mos...

2024-03-18 10:10:00 ET Summary According to data from J.P. Morgan, 2022 was the worst-ever year for outflows from emerging markets debt, and 2022 – 2023 saw the worst back-to-back annual outflows. That is not entirely surprising, given the upward movement in developed marke...

2024-03-16 08:55:00 ET Summary The week ahead is dominated by central bank meetings - most central banks are not expected to change policy. The market is also keen for some guidance on how the Fed is thinking about its balance sheet. We do not expect major changes from Decembe...

2024-03-15 07:10:00 ET Summary This week's data has seen expectations re-converge with the Fed's three rate cuts signaled in December. As is often the case in a firm US dollar environment, the Canadian dollar has fared the best, slipping only 0.4%. The PBOC left its benchmark ...

2024-03-14 07:05:00 ET Summary While the dollar has traded firmer in the first half of this week, given the 25 bp jump in the US two-year yield, its performance is somewhat disappointing. Most emerging market currencies are softer, but for the second consecutive session, the Hunga...

2024-03-13 07:30:00 ET Summary The Dollar Index had begun with week with a six-day fall in tow. Despite promising reports on wage negotiations in Japan, the yen is softer for the second session. Asia Pacific equities were mixed today - Japan, Hong Kong, China, and Indian marke...

2024-03-09 10:20:00 ET Summary There was still a better than 90% chance that the Federal Reserve delivers its first rate cut in June. In the coming days, we expect a firm headline CPI reading and strong bounce in retail sales helped by autos and gasoline. We think the most lik...

2024-03-08 07:00:00 ET Summary A recent wave of emerging market sovereign defaults is getting closer to resolution, providing further support to the asset class. The past few years saw a surge in emerging market defaults as the global pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine compo...