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Morning Bid: Hanging tough
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
As the world's major central banks turned the interest rate screw this week and insisted on more tightening ahead, their economies showed more signs of buckling under the pressure. And while markets lurched lower on the potentially toxic combination of a higher peak for interest rates into a looming recession, there are reasonable questions over whether the central banks will act as tough as they are talking. U.S. manufacturing declined 0.6% last month and reports from the New York and Philadelphia Federal Reserve's showed business conditions in their regions remaining depressed in December. Even though after Wall St stocks plunged 2-3% on Thursday, futures remained deep in the red ahead of Friday's open. Led by the jump in euro zone sovereign borrowing rates after the ECB rethink, bond yields were higher across the board.
Dec 15 (Reuters) - Manufacturing activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region contracted for a fourth straight month in December, but factory operators reported a brighter outlook and said inflation pressures were easing notably, a survey released Thursday showed. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's monthly manufacturing activity index climbed to negative 13.8 from negative 19.4 in November. New orders tumbled to the lowest since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020 and firms said employment shrank. Moreover, manufacturers reported a positive outlook for the first time since May. The outlook for new orders, shipments and factory employment all improved.
Wage gains are strong and consumption, the mainstay of U.S. economic growth, continues to increase even after adjusting for inflation. Many factors influence when and if the economy falls into recession; but invariably it will involve rising unemployment and falling consumption. They have telegraphed plans to keep raising interest rates for now as they try to cool the economy and keep prices in check. To date, Fed officials do not feel they have overstepped. "The greatest upside risk is also linked to monetary policy actions," if the Fed navigates the economy to its aimed-for "soft landing" that avoids recession.
Morning Bid: Wild oil ride amid China and crypto woe
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
[1/2] General view of the oil refinery, part of Grupa Lotos taken over by PKN Orlen in 2022, in Gdansk, Poland August 9, 2022. Turbulence in oil, China's COVID crunch and unravelling cryptocurrencies make for uncomfortable reading for investors starting to parse what looks like a recessionary year ahead. Higher interest rates and slowing economies dominate most 2023 outlooks, not least Tuesday's latest from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Underlining the growth gloom, China's battle with COVID and its widening curbs only seemed to worsen. Pain in the crypto world continued, with many investors fearing the fallout from the collapse of exchange FTX is just beginning.
Gold set for second weekly fall as Fed hawks lift Treasury yields
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Customers look at the display window of a store at the gold market in Dubai, one of the busiest jewellery markets in the Middle East. Gold prices on Friday were set for a second weekly decline as U.S. Treasury yields held near multi-year highs following strong labor market data and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials, dampening the appeal for zero-yield bullion. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yields held near a fresh 14-year peak hit on Thursday while the dollar index ticked 0.1% higher. A separate data showed U.S. existing home sales dropped for an eighth straight month in September. Spot silver eased 0.2% to $18.63 per ounce, platinum fell 0.4% to $910.30 and palladium dropped 1.4% to $2,028.43.
SINGAPORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Asian shares tracked Wall Street lower on Friday while Treasury yields scaled 14-year highs as the prospect of aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and recession risks soured investor sentiment. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was down 0.55% but above the two-and-a-half year low it touched on Thursday. Australia's resources-heavy share index (.AXJO) lost 0.74%, while Japan's Nikkei (.N225) opened 0.38% lower. U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury yields to as much as 4.234%, its highest level since June 2008. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ankur Banerjee; Editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Harker's comments also helped support the 10-year Treasury yield's march past 14-year highs. "Harper’s comments provided further confirmation that the Fed is all in on continued aggressive policy and future (interest) rate increases." The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) rose 0.26% and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) shed 0.55%. Benchmark Treasury yields resumed their rise after economic data appeared to confirm the Fed is unlikely to relent in its aggressive campaign to rein in inflation. The Japanese yen weakened 0.10% to 150.05 per dollar, while Sterling was last trading at $1.1229, up 0.13% on the day.
Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker on Thursday said higher interest rates have done little to keep inflation in check, so more increases will be needed. The latter comment was in reference to the fed funds rate, which currently is targeted in a range between 3%-3.75%. Markets widely expect the Fed to approve a fourth consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike in early November, followed by another in December. Harker indicated that those higher rates are likely to stay in place for an extended period. "Inflation will come down, but it will take some time to get to our target," Harker said.
US stocks fell Thursday, stretching their losses into a second consecutive session. A "disappointing lack of progress on curtailing inflation" will keep the Fed raising interest rates, said Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker. IBM and AT&T rose after their earnings reports while Tesla shares dropped. Investors sold off bonds, propelling the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.23%, a fresh 14-year high. Weekly US jobless claims unexpectedly fell to 214,000, compared with an Econoday estimate of 235,000 new filings for unemployment benefits.
This is the daily notebook of Mike Santoli, CNBC's senior markets commentator, with ideas about trends, stocks and market statistics. With one eye on the Treasury market and another on corporate results, the S & P 500 is sticky around the 3,700 level for a third straight day. The S & P 500 rebound from the Sept. 30 and Oct. 13 CPI-reaction low has cleared an initial hurdle, crossing above its 20-day average, something it had failed at three times since mid-August. There is now a solid LEI peak in place and the pre-recessionary clock has been ticking for a bit now. The lead times can be long (two years from 2005-2007) between LEI peak and formal recession.
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