FLEE News and Press, Franklin FTSE Europe From 03/28/24

2024-03-28 07:44:00 ET Summary Comments by Fed Governor Waller, urging patience on rates and wanting more evidence that price pressures are moderating, has helped the greenback extend its recent gains. Japanese officials are clearly signaling its willingness to intervene in the fo...

2024-03-27 07:25:00 ET Summary The dollar neared JPY152, setting a new 34-year high and this appeared to spur a senior official meeting in Tokyo, ostensibly to talk about the response. Most of the G10 currencies are softer against the dollar but the yen. Most emerging market c...

2024-03-26 14:15:00 ET Summary We think it's more likely than not that the U.S. avoids a recession in 2024, but economic uncertainty remains high with the economy running at full capacity, household savings diminishing, the labor market slowing down, and the U.S. Treasury yield curve ...

2024-03-23 08:05:00 ET Summary The Bank of Japan lifted its interest rate target for the first time in 17 years. The Swiss National Bank became the first G10 central bank to cut rates. The PBOC relented and allowed the dollar to rise above the CNY7.20 cap that has held it back...

2024-03-22 10:10:00 ET Summary Business activity in the euro area came close to stabilising in March, as provisional PMI® survey data registered only a marginal decline in output of goods and services. A modest recovery of service sector output gained momentum, accompanied by...

2024-03-22 07:10:00 ET Summary The dollar's post-FOMC sell-off has been completely reversed and the greenback has reached new highs for the week against most of the G10 currencies. For the first time since last November, the US dollar has risen above CNY7.20 and continued to rise ...

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 ...

2024-03-21 01:45:00 ET Summary On Tuesday, March 19, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised their policy rate for the first time since 2007 by 10 bps to a range of 0 to 0.1%. We think the Fed could cut 2-3 times (0.25% each) in the back half of this year, which is in line with both market...

2024-03-20 07:30:00 ET Summary Tight labour markets make reducing inflation a challenge for central banks. Goods inflation has collapsed, after demand switched to services after Covid, helped by near full employment. The bear inversion of the yield curve has prevailed in 2023,...

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...