JEMTF News and Press, iPath GEMS Index ETN From 03/22/24

2024-03-22 13:15:00 ET Summary The VanEck Emerging Markets Bond Fund was up 0.2% in February, in line with its benchmark. We increased exposure to local currency (due to increases in Brazil and the Philippines) and increased duration (via hard-currency bonds), in line with the mar...

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 ...

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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...

2024-03-19 09:05:00 ET Summary The US dollar is surging today against most of the G10 currencies, while the yen and Australian dollar are the weakest of the lot. EM currencies are lower. The offshore yuan is weaker for the sixth consecutive session. Japanese, Australian, and N...

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...

2024-03-18 09:35:00 ET Summary The US dollar is trading with a mostly softer bias against the G10 currencies, with the Japanese yen and Swiss franc being notable exceptions. Speculation of a Bank of Japan rate hike appears to have increased, while there is a risk that the Swiss Na...

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 ...