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March 13, 2024

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  • US Core CPI released yesterday won’t be giving the Fed confidence to cut interest rates soon, but it doesn’t rule out any mid-year cutting decisions. Headline and Core CPI rose 0.4% in February (vs. 0.3% est. and vs. 0.4% prior), and on YoY basis, Headline gauge advanced 3.2% (vs.3.1% prior) and the Core dropped to 3.8% (vs.3.9% prior).
  • The US Dollar gained on the news but we’re back to the same levels that we were pre-CPI data. The US Dollar Index continues to hold below 103, after attempting to get to 103.20 yesterday.

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  • The UK economy grew by 0.2% MoM in January in line with the economists’ expectations and consistent with BOE’s Governor Andrew Bailey words that the economy is showing “some signs of upturn”. Industrial Production MoM posted a decline of 0.2% (vs. est. o 0.0%) and YoY, gained 0.5%, but lower than the estimate of 0.8%.
  • The market continues to price the first cut by August and this data is not likely to change much. The sterling dropped on the news, and we are currently trading lower at 1.2770 from being near 1.28 early this morning.

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  • The euro continues to trade mid 1.09-1.0950 ahead of today’s Euro-area industrial production data where a -1.8% drop MoM is estimated. ECB’s Governor Council member Pierre Wunsch stated that policymakers will have to eventually lower interest rates without having the certainty that inflation will be returning to the 2% goal.

Economic Calendar

13 Mar 2024
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EUR - German WPI m/m
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GBP - GDP m/m
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GBP - Construction Output m/m
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GBP - Goods Trade Balance
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GBP - Index of Services 3m/3m
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GBP - Industrial Production m/m
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GBP - Manufacturing Production m/m
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EUR - Italian Quarterly Unemployment Rate
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GBP - 10-y Bond Auction
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EUR - German 10-y Bond Auction
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EUR - Industrial Production m/m
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CNY - New Loans
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CNY - M2 Money Supply y/y
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GBP - NIESR GDP Estimate
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USD - Crude Oil Inventories
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USD - 30-y Bond Auction
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NZD - Visitor Arrivals m/m

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
eur/gbp 0.85446 0.85383
gbp/usd 1.27989 1.27869
gbp/aud 1.93823 1.93289
gbp/nzd 2.08176 2.07341
usd/jpy 147.792 147.229
eur/usd 1.09306 1.0922
gbp/jpy 189.039 188.411
eur/cnh 7.8673 7.8481
usd/cnh 7.19856 7.18347
Equities and Commodities
Nasdaq 100 18235.6
DOW 39016.6
S&P 500 5179.98
BRENT CRUDE 82.24
WTI 78.09
GOLD 2160.08

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