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China, Australia, and Japan reported disappointing August service and composite PMIs. The euro made a marginal new high for the move near $1.1885 in Asia and was sold to session lows near $1.1870 in the European morning. Economists in the Bloomberg survey looked for 700k private-s...

The new month begins with risk appetites bolstered by stronger than expected PMI reports helping lift equity markets after the pause in the US yesterday. The flash EMU manufacturing PMI of 61.5 after 62.8 in July was close to the final reading of 61.4. The US dollar is trading ins...

News of the deadly strike at the Kabul airport quashed risk appetites, sending equities lower and the dollar higher. European bonds are also trading higher, leaving yields soft. China's iron ore contracts finished the week with their fifth consecutive advance. For further de...

The bond market sell-off continues, with the US 10-year pushing above 1.35%, a 10 bp increase on the week. Japan extended the formal emergency to more prefectures and now covers the area where 70% of the population lives. Mexico reported a Q2 current account surplus of $6.3 bln, w...

We believe that U.K. interest rates and the British pound will move higher in the next few months as a recent soft patch in data dissipates. The savings rate continues to be elevated and consumer balance sheets are in good condition due to the furlough scheme. Despite being one of...

US S&P 500 and NASDAQ set new record highs, and Asia Pacific markets moved higher, though there was profit-taking in Hong Kong on Chinese tech names. The Scottish National Party concluded a powersharing agreement with the Greens at the end of last week. The US dollar peaked be...

The dollar spiked to around JPY110.15 yesterday before reversing lower and leaving a bearish shooting star candlestick in its wake. The euro stalled yesterday at $1.1750, a four-day high. Like most of the freely accessible liquid emerging market currencies, the Mexican peso did no...

After an ugly week, market participants have returned with strong risk appetites. The EMU preliminary PMI softened a little but remains near recent highs, suggesting the recovery is very much intact. The US dollar spiked to almost CAD1.2950 before reversing lower ahead of the week...

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, exerting downward pressure on prices. But will this deflationary bias be enough to offset the impact of a new, higher-inflation regime? History suggests that won’t necessarily be the case. It’s fair to say that the US was at t...

After the pandemic’s initial spending splurge, the bill is due, and global growth is mean-reverting again. Treasury yields are confirming the disinflationary ride as we thought that they should. Similar trends are unfolding in the great hot north, with Canadian government b...