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Overnight Wrap 09 Jan 2024

Risk Sentiment is off to a poor start as Asian Equities are trading in the red to the exception of Japanese Equities. USDCNH is trading higher on PBoC Easing speculation which could come in as early as Monday and TWD is bearing the brunt on account of Election uncertainty. USD Index consolidated overnight closing 0.23% higher on the day ahead of the much anticipated CPI Report. Implied pricing for Fed Fund Rates shows 138 bps of rate cuts into 2024.


Major Overnight Headlines


An "Unauthorized" Post On X stated “Approval Of Bitcoin Spot ETF”. Bitcoin prices dropped 1.85% after touching a high of 47897 post the SEC Clarification. Crude Oil prices continued to chop around and rose 1.5%


The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow forecast for Q4 GDP was revised down to 2.2% from 2.5% in the previous estimate.


World economy is estimated to have grown 2.6% during 2023, down from 3% in 2022 but stronger than the 2.1% growth it projected in June. Global growth, however, is expected to slow to 2.4% this year 


Michael Barr suggested the BTFP (Bank Term Funding Program) would not be extended. The temporary program has allowed banks to take advances from the Fed for up to a year by pledging Treasuries, mortgage-backed bonds and other debt as collateral.


Germany's November Industrial Production was down 0.7% m/m (expected 0.2%; last -0.3%), falling 4.9% yr/yr (last -3.4%).  EZ unemployment rate surprisingly fell to 6.4% in November from 6.5% in the previous month

ECB’s Villeroy said must remain vigilant on inflation data and short of any surprises, 2024 will be the year of the ECB's first rate cuts. Villeroy said decisions will be based on data and will not be stubborn or rushed, while he added they will cut rates this year when the inflation outlook is solidly anchored at 2%.

ECB's Centeno said the ECB will not have to wait until May to make policy decisions, while he noted that the latest inflation figures say the reduction in inflation will occur sooner than thought six months ago and that the easing process will be faster than thought, according to econostream.

 

Yields

High

Low

Close

DoD ▲

US 2Y

         4.39

         4.35

         4.37

         -1.10

US10Y

         4.05

         4.00

         4.02

         -1.70

US2s10s

       -0.34

       -0.36

       -0.35

         -0.60

US30Y

         4.22

         4.16

         4.19

         -0.90

JGB 10Y

         0.61

         0.58

         0.59

         -1.50


Cn

H

L

C

USDINR

83.14

83.03

83.1

EURUSD

1.0966

1.0910

1.0931

USDJPY

    144.62

    143.42

    144.47

GBPUSD

1.2765

1.2689

1.2709

AUDUSD

0.6735

0.6677

0.6687

USDCAD

1.3413

1.3340

1.3390

USDSGD

1.3322

1.3266

1.3311

USDCNH

7.1880

7.1591

7.1839

USDKRW

1321.09

1309.62

1320.00

Dollar Index

    102.66

    102.11

    102.52

Crude Oil

78

75.82

77.28

Gold Prices

2042

2026

2030

Bitcoin

47897

44903

46124

Sensex

72035

71307

71386

Nifty

21724

21517

21555

S&P

4770

4734

4757



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