LOOK AHEAD: Thursday Data Calendar: Fed Speakers, 30Y Bond Re-Open
Oct-08 16:16
Thursday's weekly Jobless Claims and Wholesale Trade Sales/Inventories suspended due to the Gov shutdown.
- US Data/Speaker Calendar (prior, estimate)
- 10/09 0830 Fed Chair Powell welcome remarks
- 10/09 0835 Fed VC Bowman open remarks, moderated discussion
- 10/09 1130 US Tsy $110B 4W & $95B 8W bill auctions
- 10/09 1245 Fed Gov Barr Speaks economic outlook/moderated discussion
- 10/09 1300 US Tsy $22B 30Y bond auction re-open (912810UM8)
- 10/09 1300 MN Fed Kashkari & Barr moderated discussion
- 10/09 1545 Fed VC Bowman community banking (text, no Q&A)
- 10/09 2140 SF Fed Daly, moderated discussion Silicon Valley Dir Exchange
- Source: Bloomberg Finance L.P. / MNI
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Sep-08 16:08
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FOREX: EURJPY Eyes Key Bull Trigger at 173.97
Sep-08 16:05
- Japanese developments have prompted a more notable 0.4% increase for EURJPY, which earlier in the session traded within 7 pips of key resistance and the bull trigger at 173.97. Clearance of this level would confirm a continuation of the bull cycle and place the cross at the highest level since July 2024, levels reached shortly before the BOJ’s multiple bouts of intervention.
- 174.86 would be the next chart level (a Fibonacci projection), before 175.43, last year’s high.
- Japan PM Ishiba's resignation triggered an immediate leadership race in the LDP, with Thatcherite MP Sanae Takaichi a front-runner among many opinion polls. She's made clear her preference for easy monetary policy and a bigger role for fiscal spending.
- Bank of Japan officials are watching for signs that a stock market correction, combined with fiscal expansion concerns, could accelerate longer-term yield moves and steepen the JGB curve, potentially prompting the Ministry of Finance to cut issuance in Q4, which would mean the BOJ could scale back its own purchases in order to maintain liquidity, MNI understands.
FOREX: EURUSD Hovers Below Post-NFP High as French Vote Beckons
Sep-08 15:59
- Weaker-than-expected US employment data continues to keep the risks tilted towards the weaker dollar narrative, emphasised by the USD index spending today’s US session consolidating close to six-week lows. Strength in G10 has been led by the likes of AUD and NZD, while political risks in France may have contained the EURUSD price action somewhat.
- EURUSD spot currently resides just below the 1.1750 mark, threatening a daily close above the prior resistance point of 1.1743, the Aug 22 high. A clear break of this hurdle would mark a short-term bullish development and signal scope for an extension towards 1.1829, the Jul 01 high and bull trigger.
- French PM Francois Bayrou told the French National Assembly that lawmakers can vote 'according to their conscience' today in a no-confidence vote that is expected to result in Bayrou being ousted. Betting markets lean slightly towards snap legislative elections, despite Macron ruling the option out and the risk of further gains for the far-right National Rally. Defence Minister Sbastien Lecornu is favoured to replace Bayrou if elections are not called.
