EU: EC President Says Planning Emergency Intervention To Halt Surging Power Prices
- According to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union is planning urgent steps to push down soaring power prices. (Bloomberg)
- These would include an emergency intervention and a structural overhaul of the electricity market, which are both currently being worked on.
- From the Bloomberg article:
- “The skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing, for different reasons, the limitations of our current electricity market design,” von der Leyen said in a speech at the Bled Strategic Summit in Slovenia. “It was developed under completely different circumstances and completely different purposes.”
- The headlines follow earlier news reports from the Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, who indicated there are plans to convene an extraordinary meeting of energy ministers on Sept. 9.
- Czech Industry Minister: Other Possible Solution Is Market Interventions To Avoid Market Mulfunction [RTRS]
- The exact details of an EU intervention plan are still being developed, and EU diplomats said the EU’s executive arm could offer a detailed plan as soon as this week.
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USDCAD TECHS: Heading South
- RES 4: 1.3224 High Jul 14
- RES 3: 1.3188 3.0% Upper Bollinger Band
- RES 2: 1.3038 High Jul 18
- RES 1: 1.2904/47 20-day EMA / High Jul 25
- PRICE: 1.2805 @ 16:42 BST Jul 29
- SUP 1: 1.2788 61.8% retracement of the Jun 8 - Jul 14 upleg
- SUP 2: 1.2763 Low Jun 13
- SUP 3: 1.2685 76.4% retracement of the Jun 8 - Jul 14 upleg
- SUP 4: 1.2633 2.0% 10-dma envelope
USDCAD maintains a bearish theme and the pair is trading at its recent lows. 1.2819, the Jun 28 low, has been pierced. A clear break of this support would strengthen bearish conditions and extend the move below both the 20- and 50-day EMA values. This would open 1.2763, the Jun 13 low. On the upside, initial resistance to watch is currently at 1.2947, Jul 25 high. A break would ease the current bearish threat.
US TSYS: Rates Off Highs Into Month End
Tsys futures remain mixed by the bell, curves flatter with short end underperforming: 2s10s -4.966 at 24.198, 5s10s -2.275 at -4.803.
- Weaker data in-line w/ more moderate rate hikes later in the year: Little initial reaction after slight gain in June reading of Personal Income is +0.6% MoM vs. +0.5 est, PCE Deflator is +1.0% MoM vs. +0.9% est, and ECI +1.3% vs. +1.2% est. Rates and stocks moved higher after the Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced with MNI, slid further in July, extending June's decline. The indicator fell 3.9-points to 52.1, the lowest level since August 2020.
- Exogenous factors: Tsys had come under pressure in early London hours after higher than expected French, Italian and Spanish GDP economic data triggered selling in EGBs w/ brief pause after weaker than expected German GDP.
- Meanwhile, Fed speakers out of media blackout: Atlanta Fed Bostic broke the seal earlier, reiterating Chair Powell's talking point: we are not in a recession, but inflation needs to be addressed w/ "more work needs to be done on bringing demand and supply into balance".
- Next Monday data: S&P Global Mfg data (52.4 est), ISMs (mfg 52.0 est; prices paid 73.5 est), JOLTS job openings (10.994M).
- Current cross assets: spot Gold +5.35 at 1761.19, Crude firmer but off early highs WTI +2.18 at 98.60, stocks on high ESU2 +64.50 at 4138.00 -- highest level sine June 9..
- Currently, 2-Yr yield is up 4.1bps at 2.9027%, 5-Yr is up 1bps at 2.7079%, 10-Yr is down 1.1bps at 2.665%, and 30-Yr is down 1.7bps at 3.0057%.
AUDUSD TECHS: Holding On To Its Gains
- RES 4: 0.7202 High Jun 9
- RES 3: 0.7141 76.4% retracement of the Jun 3 - Jul 14 downleg
- RES 2: 0.7069 High Jun 16
- RES 1: 0.7053 61.8% retracement of the Jun 3 - Jul 14 downleg
- PRICE: 0.6971 @ 16:39 BST Jul 29
- SUP 1: 0.6903/0.6859 20-day EMA / Low Jul 21
- SUP 2: 0.6786/6682 Low Jul 18 / 14 and the bear trigger
- SUP 3: 0.6647 0.764 proj of the Apr 5 - May 12 - Jun 3 price swing
- SUP 4: 0.6588 Low May 28 2020
AUDUSD is holding on to its recent gains and the short-term outlook remains bullish. A continuation higher would open the Jun 16 high at 0.7069, and potentially 0.7141 further out, a Fibonacci retracement. A strong reversal lower would instead refocus attention on the 0.6682 bear trigger, Jul 14 low, where a break would confirm a resumption of the broader downtrend. Initial support to watch is at 0.6903, the 20-day EMA.
