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Daily Market Comment – Powell warns of lasting virus damage, empowers dollar but sinks stocks

Posted on May 14, 2020 at 8:49 am GMT

Fed Chair Powell delivers bleak assessment of US economy but rules out negative rates Dollar stands tall as Wall Street takes a dive, pulling global stocks with it Pound and kiwi slip to multi-week lows, aussie and loonie also on the backfoot Powell’s dire warnings kill hope of speedy recovery Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s much anticipated speech took centre stage on Wednesday as the head of the world’s most powerful central bank delivered a detailed but grim view of the [..]

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Daily Market Comment – RBNZ flags negative rates, Powell expected to do opposite

Posted on May 13, 2020 at 8:42 am GMT

Kiwi plunges after RBNZ signals negative rates are an option But Fed’s Powell unlikely to embrace negative rates in upcoming speech Warnings of second virus wave hit stocks RBNZ could be next to tiptoe into negative rates The New Zealand dollar fell about 1% on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand doubled its bond buying plan at its policy meeting today and gave its clearest indication yet that negative interest rates could become “an option in future”. As [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Fed talks down negative rates, dollar likes it

Posted on May 12, 2020 at 8:27 am GMT

Dollar jumps as Fed officials downplay prospect of negative rates in the US Stocks slip as growing fears of second wave of infections weigh on sentiment Central banks in focus: more Fed speakers on the way, RBNZ decision awaited US yields rise as negative rate expectations fade The US dollar held onto its gains on Tuesday after surging yesterday on the back of rising Treasury yields. The yield on two- and five-year Treasury notes hit record lows on Friday as [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Trump reignites China feud; Stocks fall on data, ECB and earnings blows

Posted on May 1, 2020 at 8:50 am GMT

Markets go into risk averse mood as Trump threatens China with new tariffs Dire data, ECB inaction and mixed earnings further dent risk sentiment Liquidity thin due to May Day holiday; ISM manufacturing PMI coming up Trump’s tough on China rhetoric is back, spooks markets US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of fresh tariffs on China on Thursday as his administration seeks ways to retaliate against China’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. The virus has cost more than 60,000 [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Stocks jump on virus drug hopes; Fed’s blank cheque pressures dollar

Posted on April 30, 2020 at 8:21 am GMT

Global stocks extend gains on potential treatment for coronavirus and dovish Fed But Trump’s China blame-game caps gains Powell signals more stimulus may be needed, puts dollar on backfoot ECB next on the agenda; will it pump more stimulus? Remdesivir boosts stocks again despite question marks Positive results from two clinical trials on the effectiveness of Gilead’s remdesivir drug once again raised hopes that the deadly coronavirus that has plunged the global economy into its worst crisis can be defeated. [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Dollar edges down ahead of Fed; aussie’s bull run continues

Posted on April 29, 2020 at 8:35 am GMT

Dollar drifts lower in mostly risk-on mood ahead of Fed statement Virus success powers aussie to 7-week high, euro perks up too Oil steadies, stocks move higher in lacklustre trading Dollar pressured amid lockdown easing, eyes Fed meeting The mood of cautious optimism continues to prevail in the markets on Wednesday as several countries have begun or are preparing to ease their lockdown measures. Hopes that shuttered businesses will soon be able to reopen their doors has sparked a relief [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Dollar slips as lockdown easing spurs risk-on; BoJ ramps up stimulus

Posted on April 27, 2020 at 8:43 am GMT

Dollar pressured as euro, pound and aussie charge higher on possible relaxation of lockdowns Stocks edge higher too but oil plunges again Bank of Japan pledges unlimited QE; focus moves to Fed and ECB Light at the end of the lockdown tunnel? It was a buoyant start to the week as signs that the draconian lockdowns that have paralysed major economies around the world are about to be loosened lifted risk appetite. The US dollar, which has been the safe [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Virus drug hopes, Trump reopening plan fuel optimism; dollar holds firm

Posted on April 17, 2020 at 8:28 am GMT

Risk appetite returns on promising coronavirus drug and hope of shutdowns ending soon Stocks re-energized, gold dips but dollar resilient China reports first ever drop in GDP, but markets stay positive Trump wants to reopen economy, markets like it The mid-week souring in risk sentiment is seeing a turnaround as optimism for a way out of this virus crisis returns to the markets. After a series of data showing a collapse in key US economic indicators, ranging from retail sales [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Dire US data send stocks spinning, dollar flying higher

Posted on April 16, 2020 at 8:46 am GMT

Fears of global economic slump heightened after dreadful US data Flight to safety hammers stocks, lifts dollar Talk of easing lockdowns fails to comfort markets Markets spooked as gloomy predictions start to turn to reality Reality has come back to bite the markets, taking the steam out of the relief rally in stocks, as investors grapple with the prospect of economic devastation from the virus pandemic. Data released in the United States on Wednesday showed a record slump in retail [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Dire US data send stocks spinning, dollar flying higher

Posted on April 16, 2020 at 8:39 am GMT

Fears of global economic slump heightened after dreadful US data Flight to safety hammers stocks, lifts dollar Talk of easing lockdowns fails to comfort markets Markets spooked as gloomy predictions start to turn to reality Reality has come back to bite the markets, taking the steam out of the relief rally in stocks, as investors grapple with the prospect of economic devastation from the virus pandemic. Data released in the United States on Wednesday showed a record slump in retail [..]

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