STIR: FED Reverse Repo Operation

Dec-12 18:42

RRP usage recedes to $165.025B Thursday afternoon from $180.120B prior. Usage has risen on the week from last Friday's multi-year low of $130.014B (last seen at May 3 2021: $129.724B). The number of counterparties at 49.

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LOOK AHEAD: Wednesday Data Calendar: October CPI, Fed Speak

Nov-12 18:32
  • US Data/Speaker Calendar (prior, estimate)
  • Nov-13 0700 MBA Mortgage Applications (-10.8%, --)
  • Nov-13 0830 MN Fed Kashkari on Bbg TV
  • Nov-13 0830 CPI MoM (0.2%, 0.2%); YoY (2.4%, 2.6%)
  • Nov-13 0830 CPI Ex Food and Energy MoM (0.3%, 0.3%); YoY (3.3%, 3.3%)
  • Nov-13 0830 CPI Index NSA (315.301, 315.579)
  • Nov-13 0830 CPI Core Index SA (320.767, 321.646)
  • Nov-13 0830 Real Avg Hourly Earning YoY (1.4% rev, --)
  • Nov-13 0830 Real Avg Weekly Earnings YoY (1.1% rev, --)
  • Nov-13 0930 NY Fed Williams welcome remarks teacher academy
  • Nov-13 0945 Dallas Fed Logan, open remarks energy conf (text, no Q&A)
  • Nov-13 1130 US Tsy $64B 17W bill auction
  • Nov-13 1300 StL Fed Musalem on economy/mon-pol (text, Q&A)
  • Nov-13 1330 KC Fed Schmid keynote remarks energy conf (text)
  • Nov-13 1400 Monthly Budget Statement ($64.3B, -$225.0B)

GBPUSD TECHS: Breaches Support

Nov-12 18:30
  • RES 4: 1.3389 High Oct 1   
  • RES 3: 1.3274 High Oct 3  and the bull trigger
  • RES 2: 1.3175 High Oct 4 
  • RES 1: 1.2979/3048 20-day EMA / High Nov 6 and a key resistance
  • PRICE: 1.2736 @ 16:57 GMT Nov 12 
  • SUP 1: 1.2734 Low Nov 12
  • SUP 2: 1.2665 Low Aug 8 and key support 
  • SUP 3. 1.2659 2.0% 10-dma envelope
  • SUP 4: 1.2613 Low Jun 27   

The trend condition in GBPUSD solidified as bearish. Tuesday’s move lower has resulted in a print below key short-term support at 1.2834, the Nov 6 low. The clear break of this level confirms a resumption of the downtrend, compounded by the weakness through 1.2762, the Aug 13 low. Moving average studies are in a bear-mode condition, highlighting a dominant downtrend. Key short-term resistance is at 1.3048, the Nov 6 high. 

SECURITY: Biden Administration Still Confident Of Ceasefire Agreement In Lebanon

Nov-12 18:28

US President Joe Biden's Middle East envoy, Amos Hochstein, told reporters that the US continues to believe that a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon is possible, stating, "I am full of hope that we will succeed... there is a shot". However, the political influence of the Biden Administration is increasingly constrained as Israel opens up new lines of communication with US President-elect Donald Trump - including a meeting between Trump and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday.

  • Barak Ravid at Axios reports: "Dermer met today at the White House with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and President Biden's advisors [Hochstein] and Brett McGurk and discussed with them the cease-fire agreement in Lebanon. Hochstein said that Dermer presented Israel's position and now the US needs to get a response from Lebanon... Hochstein emphasized that there will be no involvement of Russia in the cease-fire agreement..."
  • Biden met with Israeli President Issac Herzog at the White House a short time ago. Biden said in brief remarks at the top: "You know that our commitment to Israel is ironclad, and we share a deep a friendship."
  • Herzog said, referencing a recent rocket attack that killed two Israeli civilians: "This is what we're going through from Lebanon... We're fighting hard, we're protecting our people and I know that you're working very hard to make sure that this war will end and that will there will be, first and foremost security for the people, of Israel, as well as for the people in Lebanon."