Friday, November 18, 2022
Market Spotlight: US Bond Yields Creeping Higher
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UK Outlook
After Kwarteng’s budget brought down the Truss government, there was much riding on the presentation of the new fiscal plans. Much was leaked in advance, and as Hunt took over from Kwarteng with the promise of a radical overhaul it was hardly a surprise that the new government is focusing on spending cuts and tax hikes to fill the “fiscal black hole” that is partly due to mounting debt financing costs. With the fiscal watchdog confirming that the U.K. is already in recession, it remains to be seen whether Hunt manages to restore confidence not just with the markets but also with the general population, which is threatening to glide into a “doom-loop”.
Hunt’s plan will lift the tax burden for all, as the personal allowance and basic and higher thresholds will be frozen until 2028. The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that this will drag about 3 million people into paying higher rates by 2026. At the same time the Chancellor announced that the threshold at which the top rate of income tax applies will be cut from GBP 150K to GBP 125.140. So instead of abolishing the top 45% rate, as Kwarteng planned, more taxpayers will now be subject to it.
Hunt said that he will refrain from cutting capital spending for two years, and instead unveiled more funding for investment in energy efficiency and insulation, which is hoped to reduce energy demand. There will also be some additional money for the “leveling-up” fund, which is trying to promote a more even distribution of growth and prosperity across the U.K.’s regions. On top of that, Hunt assured his commitment to the national health service and unveiled additional funding for education.
The Chancellor also confirmed that Truss’ energy support package, worth GBP 55 bln, will be maintained, and that the government will extend the energy price guarantee for an additional 12 months at an increased level of GBP 3K a year for the average households. Benefits will be lifted in line with inflation, and state pensions will also increase in line with inflation. On top of this, the Chancellor adopted recommendations from the Low Pay Commission to increase the national minimum wage. Furthermore, those on means-tested benefits, pensioners, and disability benefits will receive additional cost-of-living payments.
However, a planned cap on on social care costs will be delayed by two years. A cap on council tax increases is being lifted, foreign aid won’t rise as planned, and the NHS aside, many departments will be facing cuts. On the income side, the planned increase in the windfall tax on energy firms will be lifted to 35% and it will stay in place until 2028. Coupled with a 40% tax on profits of older renewable and nuclear energy generation, these measures should help to raise GBP 14 bln next year.
Despite the rise in the tax burden, Gilt sales in the 2022-2023 fiscal year will reach GBP 169.5 bln, which is more than initially planned, but less than what the Truss government was planning, and it is in fact below investor expectations. Much of the increase will be due to a sharp rise in debt financing costs. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the U.K.’s fiscal watchdog, said debt interest payments in cash terms will hit GBP 120.4 bln this year, or 4.8% of GDP. That compares to GBP 56.4 bln, or 2.4% of GDP in 2021. The rise in retail price inflation alone has added GBP 1 bln on average to the cost of index-linked debt, according to the OBR’s calculations.
The OBR’s economic forecasts also painted a bleak picture. GDP is not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels until the end of 2024, three years later than the fiscal watchdog expected back in March. Unemployment is set to peak at 4.9% in the third quarter of 2024 and the OBR warned that the squeeze in real incomes, coupled with rising interest rates and falling house prices, will keep a lid on consumer spending as well as investment. Against this background, the economy is set to continue to contract for more than a year, with a peak-to trough decline in GDP of around 2%.
Hunt clearly was eager to try and distance himself from Truss’ approach, and he stressed today that the government will be “asking more from those who have more”. Coupled with the commitment to the NHS, and the rise in pensions and benefits in line with inflation, this may go some way to win back lost support. At the same time, this remained an austerity budget with GBP 55 bln of tax cuts and spending cuts, and whether it will be enough to prevent the growing dissatisfaction with the conservative government among the wider population remains to be seen. Given that the U.K. is already in recession, the risk of a “doom-loop” remains, even if Hunt brought in advisers from the days of Blair’s reform drive to present a moderate and consensual approach to the country’s problems.
Trying to make everyone happy always risks not satisfying anybody, and markets also were not quite convinced today. Yields didn’t spike as much as after Kwarteng’s ill-fated budget presentation, but the 2-year rate still jumped 14 basis points today, with the curve flattening as the long end outperformed. The UK100 declined and cable also dropped.
It will take a while for markets and the BoE to digest the budget and adjust forecasts, but it unlikely to prevent the BoE from hiking rates further and pushing ahead with QT.
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Andria Pichidi
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
Autumn Statement: Energy Price Guarantee extended – but will not be as generous.
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Stamp duty cuts will stay, but only until 2025. How much will you save?
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Autumn Budget: what does it mean for your finances?
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Market Spotlight: Target Warns Of Weaker Holiday Period Demand
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S&P 500 E-mini Futures ( ES1! ), H4 Potential for Bullish Continuation
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Market Update – November 17 – “Recession is a threat”
Recession is a threat, as suggested by the inverted yield curve, and some recent earnings reports, including Target today, reflect the various headwinds hitting the economy. Geopolitical risks from Ukraine are lingering too.
- The USDIndex’s steady 106.25 after ranging from 105.34 to 107.10. (heavy data calendar saw stronger than expected retail sales, weaker than forecast industrial production, with a further big drop in the NAHB) Yields close lower with, 10-year yield down 13 bps at 3.669%, after a high of 3.84%. The 30-year was 12.5 bps lower at 3.837%. The curve inversion deepened further to -68 bps, not seen since early 1981. Stocks
- Fed’s Waller: “more comfortable considering stepping down to a 50 bp hike“. But he added he will not be making that decision until he sees more data. Waller has been one of the most hawkish on the FOMC so these remarks are significant. VS Fed Daly repeated a pause in hikes is off the table for now and reiterated Chair Powell’s comment that it is not even a point of discussion currently, in a CNBC interview.
- EUR – choppy at 20-day SMA. Bloomberg source story effectively confirmed that the ECB will slow its tightening cycle and deliver a 50 bp move in December.
- JPY – holding below 140, but there is speculation that the correction in the dollar is running out of steam
- AUDUSD holds gains above 0.6700 – Australia’s unemployment rate unexpectedly declined to 3.4%, employment lifted to a record high and part time employment declined. More signs of a tight labour market that will add to inflation concerns, especially after higher than expected data on wage growth yesterday.
- Stocks –Wall Street ended in the red with weakness concentrated in the US100 and the US500 following a very poor earnings report from Target. Nikkei and ASX closed narrowly mixed. PBOC warned that inflation may go higher as demand pickes up, with Hong Kong tech stocks most hit, by comments that dented hopes of further sizeable support from the central bank and Beijing officials for the economy. GER40 and UK100 are up 0.4% and 0.1% respectively.
- USOil – Energy weighed on the USOIL prices fell -1.88% to $85.29.
- Gold – drifted to $1760 on USD strength and pick up of Treasury yields.
Today: UK Autumn Statement, US Housing Stats & Building Permits.
Biggest FX Mover @Palladium -0.90% (06:30 GMT) drifted to 2017 but rebounded this morning. MAs aligning flattened, MACD lines remain negative & RSI at 44 indicating that bearish bias holds. H1 ATR 11.64, Daily ATR 100.72.
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Andria Pichidi
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
US30 – Or the return in force of the “Values”
The US30 is the second oldest stock market index in the world. It is made up of 30 Wall Street reference companies, and is mainly composed of so-called “value” stocks that have been neglected for too long in favour of “growth” stocks, which have taken advantage of the enormous liquidity flows due to the Covid crisis. These same flows led to a rise in prices (inflation) which in turn led to a rate hike by the US Central Bank causing a market pivot in favour of the stocks that make up the US30 creating a huge rebound in the price which is currently around $33,681.
The US30 has managed to break above its downtrend line (see chart above) as market participants anticipated a less hawkish monetary policy and are now expecting interest rates to slow to 0.5 basis points by December. The Fed’s monetary policy seems to be having an effect, inflation in October fell to 7.7% year-on-year, yesterday’s Producer Price Index (PPI) figures also slowed to 0.2% in October.
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The decline in margins is a factor that economists and Fed members have anticipated, as supply chains have loosened, inventories have risen and demand has fallen, leading to fiercer price competition. Lael Brainard, Fed vice president said, “You would actually expect increased competitive pressure to start bringing those costs down” and then added “That’s a process you would expect at this point in the cycle. I’m certainly looking at that closely. And of course, it would contribute to disinflation.”
The question one might legitimately ask is whether the Dow, as well as the markets, have reacted in an excessive manner? A view that Fed Governor Chris Waller seems to have embraced, saying “The market seems to have gotten excited about this CPI report alone. Everyone should take a deep breath, calm down. We have a long way to go.” This is not the first time in the past year that inflation has fallen, he recalled, only to return. The rate is well above the 2% target.
Technical analysis
The US30 is currently at the $33,687 level above the cloud, its Kijun (Lv), its Tenkan (Lj) while the Lagging Span (Lb) is above the cloud as well as its countermark, clearly signifying a bullish momentum. If the price continues this movement, it could initially reach $33,890 and then $34,627, in the case of a trend reversal it could test the $33,070 support, if it breaks, it could then test $31,159.
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Kader Djellouli
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Market Spotlight: US & China On Better Terms at G20
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UK inflation hits 41-year high of 11.1%
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Daily Market Outlook, November 16, 2022
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The cautionary tale of FTX and the future of bitcoin
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BOE Under Pressure As UK Inflation Hits 11.1%
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