Rubrics Morning Comment 21.12.22
21st December 2022
• US Recession Is Key to Whether BOJ-Fueled Treasury Selloff Lasts; • Treasuries Positioning Purge Gives Green Light for Higher Yields; • Treasuries Bulls Find No Solace in Tepid Demand From Japan Funds; • US Rent Inflation Slows Sharply in New Index Built by Fed Team more
Rubrics Morning Comment 20.12.22
20th December 2022
• Global Markets Jolted as BOJ Surprises With Yield Policy Change; • BlackRock Says Traders Betting on Tumbling Inflation Are Wrong; • Treasury’s Liang Chides Congress for Risking Debt-Limit Crisis; • Oil Steadies as China’s Reopening Vies With Slowdown Concerns more
Rubrics Morning Comment 19.12.22
19th December 2022
• Fed's Williams Says Tight Labor Market Warrants Higher Rates; • Powell Puts US Paychecks at Heart of Fed’s 2023 Inflation Fight; • Bond Managers Sense Opportunity With Yields Below Fed’s Rate; • Oil Advances on China’s Growth Pledge and US Move to Refill SPR more
Rubrics Morning Comment 16.12.22
16th December 2022
• Investors Pile Into Short-Dated Bills as Fed Signals More Hikes; • Fed Misstep Would Risk US Credit Spread Jump to 200 Basis Points; • US Economy Shows Signs of Cooling Even as Labor Holds Strong; • US Blacklists Chinese Tech Companies, Escalating Trade Fight more
Rubrics Morning Comment 15.12.22
15th December 2022
• Powell Sees Rates Higher for Longer Amid Wall Street Skepticism; • Bond Traders Dismiss Fed's Hawkish Tone, Bet on 2023 Rate Cuts; • Kid-Glove Powell Answers Leave Markets With Mostly Minor Wounds; • Money-Market Traders Spy Mild End to Frenetic Year After Fed more
Rubrics Morning Comment 14.12.22
14th December 2022
• Fed to Downshift While Signaling Higher Peak: Decision Day Guide; • US Core Inflation Slows, Giving Fed Some Breathing Room on Rates; • Bond Traders Now Lean Toward Quarter-Point Fed Hike in February; • Bond Traders Betting on Rates Downshift Have Fed Hurdle to Clear more
Rubrics Morning Comment 13.12.22
13th December 2022
• World Debt-GDP Ratio Plummets But Remains Above Pre-Covid Level; • Latest Sloppy 10-Year Auction Caps 2022 Treasury Market Debacle; • Inflation Was So Bad That It Even Crushed Inflation-Linked Bonds; • US Government Debt Spending Soars to $103 Billion for Two Months more
Rubrics Morning Comment 12.12.22
12th December 2022
• Fed Long Hold Message at Odds With Market Bets on Rapid Ease; • The 24 Hours of Hikes That End Year of Fighting Inflation; • G-7 Leaders to Meet Virtually After Biden Call With Zelenskiy; • Oil Rises After Last Week’s Plunge as Key Pipeline Stays Shut more
Rubrics Morning Comment 08.12.22
8th December 2022
• Treasuries Jump on Geopolitical Tension, Softer Unit Labor Costs; • Borrowing 10-Year Treasuries in Repo Gets Pricey Before Year-End; • Oil Rises After Four-Day Retreat as China Edges Toward Reopening; • US Congress Pokes China with Taiwan Boost, Chips Ban more
Rubrics Morning Comment 05.12.22
5th December 2022
• Bonds Rallying Back From Brutal Year Show Power of Higher Rates; • Fed Has Data to Mull Even Higher Peak Rate Following Wage Surge; • Global Debt Extends Best Run Since Pre-Covid on China, Fed Bets; • Quant Funds Have Path to Pounce on Treasuries After Jobs Setback more