Australian Treasurer Chalmers says inflation expected to peak in Q4 2022 at 7.75% RBNZ says Funding for Lending Programme (FLP) working as pl
- Australian Treasurer Chalmers says inflation expected to peak in Q4 2022 at 7.75%
- RBNZ says Funding for Lending Programme (FLP) working as planned, will stay ’til December
- US Treasury Secretary Yellen on the speaking circuit on Thursday, 28 July 2022 – 2 events
- USD/JPY update – continued its post FOMC drop to nearly 135.00
- BOJ Deputy Governor Amamiya: BOJ must support economy with monetary easing
- Australia Q2 export prices +10.1% q/q (expected +19.7%) & import prices +4.3% (exp 1.9%)
- Australia retail sales for June +0.2% m/m (expected +0.5%)
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- NZ July business confidence -56.7 (prior -62.6)
- “Traders are talking about chance of between-meetings rate hike by Fed in August”
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- UK car production rose 5.6% y/y in June – supply chain snags began to ease
- Hong Kong’s central bank raises its base rate by 75bps (follows Fed higher)
- TD forecast 100 bp of rate hikes from the Bank of Canada ahead
- IMF chief economist supports a weaker yen
- ICYMI: Australia has cut its economic forecasts, citing high inflation, slow global growth
- US politics/economy – Inflation Reduction Act to be submitted, deficit reduction, energy
- Australian retail sales and terms of trade data is due today, Thursday, 28 July 2022
- South Korea’s manufacturing outlook has fallen to its lowest in over 18 months
- White House says we are not currently in a recession, or pre-recession
- Trade ideas thread – Thursday, 28 July 2022
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- Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Powell hints at slower pace of rate hikes
Sessions
following Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statements see the
Asia timezone digesting both the Fed’s decision and the comments
from the following press conference by the Chair, Powell. That played
out in Asia as usual today, but what was not usual was the continued
drop in USD/JPY (which impacted yen crosses alongside, of course).
USD/JPY
fell after the FOMC and went into early Asia trade circa 136.50 before
dropping down to trade just above 136.00 before stabilising somewhat.
Then another large down-draft of selling hit it, taking the pair to
lows just over 135.00. There was no fresh news of note. A speech from
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Amamiya reiterated the Bank’s
commitment to staying the course on its loose monetary policy.
There
was little news otherwise. US politics saw an agreement between
Senators Schumer and Manchin to advance Biden’s plans, the main
points being touted:
-
increase
corporate taxes,
-
reduce
the national debt,
-
invest
in energy technologies
-
and
lower the cost of prescription drugs
We’ll
see, but for now it appears on track. Manchin has been a roadblock
since Biden took office, getting him on board is a new step.
As
for data, we had Australian retail sales, these
increased
at the slowest pace this year. Consumer
sentiment has been weak while sales have been strong, a dichotomy
that could not be sustained and it appears to be cracking now.
Separately,
Australia’s Treasurer Chalmers issued his inflation forecast, says
it’ll peak at 7.75% in Q4. This is above his department’s
previous forecast (shared by the RBA) of 7%. The Reserve Bank of
Australia meets next on August 4, a 50bp rate hike is as good as
baked in.
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