Hoping for calm, bracing for more volatility
By Jamie McGeever
July 29 (Reuters) -A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
Asia on Monday kicks off a pivotal week for world markets which includes policy decisions from the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve, U.S. employment data, inflation numbers from Australia and South Korea, and purchasing managers index reports from around the world.
Coming on the heels of the previous week's volatility, investors' nerves will be taut. Will the scramble to reduce risk continue, or has last week's selling opened a window of opportunity to rebuild risk exposure and carry trades?
Financial conditions have tightened thanks in large part to the widespread equity selloff, but they are coming from a low base - according to Goldman Sachs. U.S.financial conditions earlier this month were the loosest in two years.
Emerging market financial conditions are also tightening, even though U.S. yields and the dollar have slipped, and implied volatility in stocks, bonds and currencies are higher too.
Monday may be too soon for animal spirits to fully return, with the BOJ and Fed decisions looming on Wednesday. On the other hand, Friday's relief rally soothed some of the pain from what was a grueling week as Big Tech dragged stocks lower.
Asian stocks, however, didn't see any rebound on Friday as the MSCI Asia & Pacific ex-Japan index fell to a near-two month low. The index has lost 5% in the last two weeks and has risen only once in the last 10 trading sessions.
Chinese equities rebounded on Friday but not enough to prevent the eighth weekly decline in 10 weeks. The 3.7% fall was the biggest weekly loss since January.
But China bulls do have a rare bit of good news to enjoy as official data on Saturday showed that industrial profits grew at a faster clip in June. A 3.6% year-on-year rise in profits last month followed a 0.7% gain in May, accelerating first-halfgains to 3.5%.
This should lift China's economic surprises index, which is languishing around its lowest level in 10 months.
Japanese stocks, meanwhile, will again be at the mercy of the exchange rate, which could be in for another rocky ride. The Nikkei has lost 10% in the last two weeks as the yen has rallied some 10 'big figures' to a four-month high of 152 per dollar.
Japanese money markets are attaching a 70% probability on a 10 basis point rate hike from the BOJ on Wednesday, and U.S. rate futures suggest it's a near certainty that the Fed stays on hold.
Can the yen break through 150 per dollar?
Asia's economic calendar is light on Monday but brimming with top-tier events and releases later in the week. The same goes for the corporate calendar, with major earnings releases from Japan rolling out as the week progresses.
Here are key developments that could provide more direction to markets on Monday:
- Indonesia FDI growth (Q2)
- U.S. earnings
- U.S. secretaries of State, defense meet Japanese counterparts
China policy and loan prime rates https://reut.rs/3LAcR9v
China economic surprises index https://tmsnrt.rs/3y4lk1C
Asia FX vs U.S. dollar this year https://tmsnrt.rs/4d0OGgl
Reporting by Jamie McGeever; editing by Diane Craft and Diane Craft
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