August 27, 2024 at 12:29PM
Things to look out for in today’s Consumer Confidence data
Lavrov condemns Ukraine’s demands and warns West against ‘playing with fire’
UK CBI Distributive Trades -27 vs -43 prior
Markets still leaning mostly risk on as we head deeper into the session
UK PM Starmer warns of ‘painful’ October budget,
Two Libyan oilfields shut and another at lowest output
BofA is bulilsh on the AUD due to differentials and a weaker USD
UBS hikes US recession odds to 25% from prior 20%
Today’s FX option expiry levels for the NY cut
EURUSD has been following yield differentials higher
What are the main events for today?
Equity futures mostly green across the board this morning
German detailed YY GDP 0.0% vs -0.1% expected
German Consumer sentiment -22 vs -18.2 expected
Swedish PPI YY for July -0.1 vs 0.8% prior
BofA likes the USD lower and GBP higher
Goldman maintains recommendation to stay long GBPCHF
Fed officials keep door to 50bp cuts open
Markets:
GBP leads, USD lags on the day
European equities flat; S&P 500 futures down 0.05%
US 10-year yields up 3 bps to
3.848%
Gold
down 0.30% to $2,510
WTI
crude down 0.57% to $76.98
Bitcoin
down 0.61% to $62,438
It was another
quiet session with no market moving data releases. The only notable news was
UK’s PM Starmer warning of “painful” budget in October which hints to tax
rises, although he promised not to raise them for working people.
In the
markets, there’s been very little movement. The most notable moves have been in
the bond market where long-term Treasury yields have been rising faster than
short-term ones. Although that could be just daily noise, it’s something to
keep an eye on as the Fed cuts into a resilient economy (at least for now).
The focus
will now switch to the American session where the labour market data in the US
Consumer Confidence report will take the centre stage.
This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.
