Daily Market Insight
Daily Market Insight: 04 Feb 2022
• Fed's Barkin says rates should move to pre-pandemic levels, then assess next steps • BoE hikes rates to fight inflation, but not by enough for 4 officials • Emerging FX already riding higher local rates will outperform this year: Reuters poll • Dollar set for bruising week after ECB and BOE get more hawkish
Daily Market Insight: 03 Feb 2022
• ECB seen on hold but may acknowledge inflation risks • Japan's service sector shrinks at fastest pace in 5 months • South Korea Jan factory activity grows at fastest pace in 6 months • U.S. dollar falls on weak private jobs data; euro up as inflation perks up
Daily Market Insight: 02 Feb 2022
• Fed's Bullard sees three successive hikes to start policy tightening • U.S. trade official says China failed to meet 'Phase 1' commitments • BOJ under less pressure to shift yield target than market thinks – sources • Dollar restrained by risk revival, spread of rate speculation
Daily Market Insight: 01 Feb 2022
• Fed's Daly supports rate liftoff in March, wants options open on rate path • Inflation expectations stable, faster price rises may be easing -Fed data • Japan Jan factory growth hits near 8-year high – PMI • Dollar slides as recent rally takes a pause, may have seen short-term peak
Daily Market Insight: 31 Jan 2022
• Fed rate hike could be half-point if needed, says Raphael Bostic – FT • UK's Johnson and Sunak: We will go ahead with payroll tax rise • China home builders, suppliers issue spate of profit warnings as Evergrande woes bite • Dollar near 18-month high ahead of bumper central bank week
Daily Market Insight: 28 Jan 2022
• U.S. banks look forward to 'bread-and-butter' growth as economy rebounds • Bank of Canada 'no hike' leaves housing fire burning, say market watchers • IMF urges Japan to scale back pandemic support, raise taxes in long run • Dollar Down but remains above 97-mark as bets on multiple Fed hikes increase
Daily Market Insight: 27 Jan 2022
• Rate traders see risk of more than four U.S. Fed hikes this year after hawkish Powell • Fed says bond maturity runoff will be main tool for shrinking balance sheet • China's Dec industrial profits grow at slowest pace since April 2020 • Dollar climbs as Fed flags hikes
Daily Market Insight: 26 Jan 2022
• Trump battled the Powell Fed's rate hikes. Biden's betting on them • IMF cuts growth forecasts for U.S., China and world as Omicron spreads • BOJ debated chance of inflation pick-up towards 2% as price hikes broaden • Euro falls to one-month low as Ukraine tensions simmer
Daily Market Insight: 19 Jan 2022
• China cenbank to roll out more policy moves to stabilise growth • Euro zone inflation to burn hotter, but ECB rates to stay on ice: Reuters poll • Even as Omicron slams Canada, bets on January rate hike rise • Dollar posts best daily gain in two weeks, boosted by U.S. Treasury yields
Daily Market Insight: 18 Jan 2022
• Bank Indonesia to hold rates until second half of 2022 despite hawkish Fed • China tops forecasts with 8.1% growth in 2021 but headwinds loom • Bank of Japan to flag rising price pressure, maintain ultra-easy policy • Dollar fails to catch a lift from higher yields, Bank of Japan in focus