The drop in house prices (FHFA, Case-Shiller) helped to push US Treasury yields down sharply on Tuesday & Wednesday. A spate of poor regional Fed survey data this week has…
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Markets are readying themselves for US-China decoupling by sharply reducing exposure to Chinese stocks. Some Japanese companies have started exploring ways to go ‘zero-China’, with Honda Motor exploring a project…
The 10-year Treasury yield ended Friday at 4.21%, down from an intraday high of 4.32%, following this WSJ article. The piece may have been interpreted as indicating a Fed ‘pivot’….
Homebuilder sentiment fell for the 10th straight month in October, down eight points to 38, and more than half the level of just six months ago. Yet the 10-year Treasury…
The new UK Chancellor will have assuaged markets somewhat today, scrapping the bulk of Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax cuts, and announcing a significant reduction in the energy price guarantee. But the…
This was a terrible CPI report for risk assets, as the 10-year Treasury yield topped 4%. There was a big ‘beat’ on the headline and core CPI prints. The acceleration…
The Bank of England has widened the scope of its daily gilt purchase operations to include the purchase of index-linked gilts after a surge in real yields on Monday. Once…
The drop in the jobless rate to 3.49% in September was the most important data point from Friday’s payrolls report. The unemployment rate is well below the Fed’s median estimate…
