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December 4, 2023

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  • The month of November ended with a range of data suggesting the US economy is cooling at a fast pace leading to well-known Fed hawks changing their tone into a more dovish one in public remarks.
  • Inflation surprised to the downside, indicating that it is on track to the Fed’s 2% target – Monthly core inflation dropped to 0.2% in October and Annual Core PCE was released at 3.4%, below 3.7% FOMC forecast.
  • Treasuries rallied throughout last week on the soft data, and markets now price a 50% chance of a first rate cut in the first quarter of 2024.
  • Key data/events to watch this week in the US: JOLTS (Tue.); ISM Services (Tue.) is likely to keep cooling in November, but still expanding (greater than 50.0); Unemployment Rate (Fri.) is expected to increase to 4.0%; Non-Farm Payrolls (Fri.) is estimated to improve after the United Auto Workers strike was resolved.

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  • The lack of confidence by investors in the Euro-area recovery is clear with EUR/USD struggling to keep above 1.10 last week, and dropping all the way towards 1.0860, where we currently sit. Last week’s CPI data confirmed that the ECB won’t be able to afford any further interest rate hikes, and the market now expects the central bank to hold and remain cautious, but swap markets expect the first 25 bp cut to be around April next year.
  • Key data/events to watch this week in the Euro-area: Germany Industrial Production MoM (Thu.), will offer better insight into the state of the country’s industry and if industrial production is stabilizing in 4Q23.

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  • The Sterling is 0.3% lower against the greenback, trading near 1.2679, after crossing 1.27 on Friday.
  • Key data/events to watch this week in the UK: Major industrial train strikes are taking place this week, and on the data front there will not be much apart from PMI data (Tue.).

Economic Calendar

04 Dec 2023
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AUD - MI Inflation Gauge m/m
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AUD - ANZ Job Advertisements m/m
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AUD - Company Operating Profits q/q
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EUR - German Trade Balance
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CHF - CPI m/m
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EUR - Spanish Unemployment Change
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EUR - Sentix Investor Confidence
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GBP - MPC Member Dhingra Speaks
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EUR - ECB President Lagarde Speaks
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USD - Factory Orders m/m
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JPY - Tokyo Core CPI y/y

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
eur/gbp 0.85853 0.85465
gbp/usd 1.27242 1.26671
gbp/aud 1.90674 1.89698
gbp/nzd 2.05027 2.03895
usd/jpy 146.888 146.22
eur/usd 1.0895 1.08658
gbp/jpy 186.52 185.52
eur/cnh 7.77139 7.7444
usd/cnh 7.1438 7.12023
Equities and Commodities
Nasdaq 100 15940.8
DOW 36187.9
S&P 500 4584.39
BRENT CRUDE 78.15
WTI 73.43
GOLD 2075.31

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