US: January 6 Committee Hearing Beginning Shortly
10:00 ET 15:00 BST: The January 6 Committee is shortly due to begin the next publicly broadcast hearing investigating the unrest on Capitol Hill following the 2020 election.
- Today’s hearing will focus on the “Big Lie,” former president Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen, or illegitimate. Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien will provide testimony.
- A Congressional hearing is not a criminal case so the central unknown is whether the Department of Justice will decide to prosecute the former president.
- Politico: “The volume of the conversation around charging Trump — and its massive impact — will put pressure on [Attorney General] Merrick Garland’s decision.”
- New York Times: “The first prime time hearing into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol this past week confronted the fundamental question that has haunted Mr. Trump, the 45th president, ever since he left office: Should he be prosecuted in a criminal court for his relentless efforts to defy the will of the voters and hang on to power?”
- Neal K. Katyal, acting solicitor general under President Barack Obama: “I think the committee, especially Liz Cheney, outlined a powerful criminal case against the former president.”
- Rep Elaine Luria (D-VA): “Trump was told by multiple people... that there was no evidence that showed the election was stolen, and he ignored that. And so, the hearing that we’re going to have on Monday is really focusing on a deep dive in that.”
- Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD): “I think we can prove to any reasonable, open-minded person that Donald Trump absolutely knew [the election result was fair], because he was surrounded by lawyers, including the attorney general of the United States, William Barr, telling him in no uncertain terms...”
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USDCAD TECHS: Bullish Outlook
- RES 4: 1.3173 High Nov 13 2020
- RES 3: 1.3168 2.0% 10-dma envelope
- RES 2: 1.3091 High Nov 24 2020
- RES 1: 1.3077 High May 12
- PRICE: 1.2933 @ 16:46 BST May 13
- SUP 1: 1.2914/2814 High May 2 / Low May 6
- SUP 2: 1.2737/14 50-day EMA / Low May 5 and a key support
- SUP 3: 1.2568 Low Apr 22
- SUP 4: 1.2459 Low Apr 21
USDCAD faded off the week’s highs into the close of the week, although the outlook remains bullish. Recent gains have resulted in a breach of 1.2914, May 2 high, and key resistance at 1.2964, the Dec 20 2021 high. The break of the latter marks an important medium-term bullish technical development and reinforces the positive outlook. This has opened 1.3168 next, the upper band of a MA envelope. Initial support is at 1.2914. Key support lies at 1.2714, Apr 29 low.
US TSYS: Risk-On AS Mkt Takes Adaptive Fed Seriously?
FI markets traded weaker after the bell -- 30Y Bond around upper half of the week's range but well off Thursday's highs. Little react to morning data (import prices lower than exp at +0.0%; U/Mich sentiment 59.1 vs 64 est, "lowest reading since 2013").
- Tsy 30Y Bond futures holding to narrow channel on the way down (30YY taps 3.0959 high vs. 2.9531% early Thu), curves bear steepening: 2s10s +5.017 at 33.449, 5s10s +2.367 at 4.881.
- Rates under pressure w/ focus back on Fed policy after Fed Chair Powell said he's prepared to consider larger than 50bp hikes in Marketplace interview late Thu (after downplaying 75bp moves at his press conference last week), as the committee adapts to "incoming data and the evolving outlook".
- Not that the correlation is a factor these days, but Equities did have a nice rebound on the day, SPX emini futures +99.0 at 4026.25.
- Commodities: WTI Crude Oil (front-month) holding strong +4.05 at $110.18; Gold weaker at $1807.95 -13.77.
- Next Monday Data Calendar:
- Empire Manufacturing (24.6, 15) at 0830ET
- NY Fed Williams moderated discussion, no text at 0855ET
- US Tsy $45B 13W, $42B 26W bill auctions at 1130ET
- Net Long-term TIC Flows ($141.7B, --) Net TIC Flows ($162.6B, --) at 1600ET
US: US-ASEAN Summit Concludes
The final event of the US-ASEAN summit, an exchange of views on regional and global issues, has concluded. US President Joe Biden and the Southeast Asian leaders will appear at a White House joint press event shortly.
- A livestream of the event is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZz2944dmU
