FOREX News Today

European Outlook: Stock markets in Japan continued to rally, and the Yen weakened as Abe’s election victory cleared the way for more “Abenomics”. Gains in other Asian markets were more modest and while U.S. stock futures are moving higher, FTSE 100 futures are in the red, despite the fact that the BoE is expected to cut rates once again on Thursday. The U.K. may have a new Prime Minister by tomorrow evening and Theresa May, poised to take over from Cameron, could start exit talks earlier than previously thought. So far she hasn’t taken a soft approach and refused to rule out the deportation of EU citizens already working and living in the U.K., which will not go down well in the city. EU finance ministers will meet today and after the Eurogroup yesterday backed the Commission’s recommendations for fines on Spain and Portugal budget overshoots, this is likely to be approved by the Ecofin today. The issue of Italy’s plans to recapitalize Italian banks without bail-ins remains open. The data calendar has German final June inflation at the start of the session, more inflation data from Sweden and Portugal and Irish GDP numbers for Q1. Nothing that would change key central bank outlooks for now. The BoE releases the minutes of the Financial Policy Committee, which was held on June 28, that is after the referendum and may attract more attention than usual if there are more warnings on the possible fallout.

US Data Reports: The stock market got another free pass from prospects of fresh stimulus in Japan following the landslide election of Abe, as investors hoped to collect $200 in “helicopter” money, not go directly to jail or at least get some free parking near historic highs. News that Japan machinery orders plunged and former Fed chief Bernanke was paying a visit to BoJ buddies fueled that speculation and related asset rebalancing. This took some starch out of bonds, gold and the yen, while WTI crude also eased 1%, back under $45. S&P 500, hit fresh record highs at 2,143, The NASDAQ cleared 5,000, and the Dow marked a session high 18,283.

Brexit Aftermath: The uncertainty surrounding the new UK Prime Minister evaporated yesterday as Theresa May became the only candidate, following the withdrawal of Andrea Leadsom. David Cameron will tender his resignation to the Queen on Wednesday after chairing his last Cabinet meeting today. Brexit means Brexit, May has said. The GBP and the FTSE both rallied yesterday with some of the uncertainty over the government, post-Brexit, now out of the way. GBPUSD currently trades significantly north of 1.3000 at 1.3074.

Fedspeak: The Fed’s Esther George welcomed the good news from Friday’s jobs report and said it shows the resilience of the economy. She said consumers are continuing to spend, while household confidence is up. However, business investment has been relatively weak, though it’s been holding up ok outside of the energy and manufacturing sectors. She added that the strong dollar and weaker global growth may hurt exports. Keeping rates too low carries risks, reminded the long-time Fed hawk (and 2016 voter), and said the current level of Fed policy is too soft, in her opinion. There are limits to what monetary policy can achieve, but it’s getting closer to achieving its goals. Core inflation has been firming and the pace of job creation has been noteworthy. But demand for middle-skilled workers has dropped sharply and the recovery has not been evenly spread across the workforce. She thinks that gradual rate increase will help the FOMC achieve its goals. Though she’s one of the more hawkish on the FOMC, her comments don’t suggest she’ll push for a rate hike as soon as the July 26, 27 FOMC meeting due to Brexit fallout, but she is likely to argue for a hike at the September 20, 21 meeting if the markets are stable and Brexit fears have diminished.

Main Macro Events Today        

• BOE Governor Carney Speaks –  Testifies before the Treasury Select Committee about the Bank of England Financial Stability Report. Unlikely to reveal anything particularly new ahead of Thursdays MPC meeting announcement.

• JOLTS Job Openings – This data point is a particular favourite FED Chair Mrs. Yellen so will have added interest today in particular following the strong NFP data on Friday. Last month there were 5.79m job openings posted with expectations that his month the number will be slightly lower at 5.74m.

Janne Muta

Chief Market Analyst

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FOREX News Today

European Outlook: Asian stock markets are broadly lower, following on from a weak close on Wall Street as a slump in oil prices in the wake of the EIA inventory report hit confidence. Prices are up from lows, but the front end WTI future is still below USD 46 per barrel and U.S. and U.K. stock futures signal further pressure on equity markets. This should see Bund and Gilt futures recover some of yesterday’s losses going into today’s U.S. jobs report where we expect a bounce in payroll growth to between 160k and 210K (median 178K).  Brexit and Italian bank problems remain the focus in Europe. U.K. consumer confidence plunged sharply following the Brexit referendum, according to GfK data, which saw the core index plunging to -90 in a survey conducted June 30-July 5, from -1 ahead of the referendum. Still to come Germany and the U.K. publish trade data for May and France has production numbers.

US Data Reports: Signaled a tightening labor market as we approach today’s jobs report where we expect a bounce in payroll growth. We saw a 16k initial claims drop to a lean 254k in the first week of July that sits barely above the 42-year low of 248k from the April BLS survey week, and we expect a similarly lean July BLS survey week reading after an assumed bounce next week to 265k, given our read of the auto retooling distortions. We also saw a firm 172k June ADP rise, even though these figures didn’t benefit from the 35k Verizon strike reversal that will lift payrolls, and the as-reported ADP figures have run 18k per month weaker than private payrolls since 2012.

Brexit Aftermath: Think tank NIESR said UK GDP went negative in June after stagnating in May, though a strong April carried an overall estimated growth of +0.6% in Q2. The group stated that “when April drops out of the three-month calculation we should see a quick deterioration of growth, especially if the estimated contraction in June persists or accelerates in July or beyond.” All the signs suggest that activity is diminishing at an accelerated rate since the June 23 referendum. Timely surveys by YouGov CEBR found both business and consumer confidence have dropped sharply since the Brexit vote. There have been bright spots, however, with exporters such as Burberry, a high-end fashion retailer, likely to benefit from the weaker pound, while a trade deal with India may happen within a year (a deal between the EU and India has been held for years by the former’s concerns about wine and car trade). The good news stories so far don’t look likely to offset the possibility that the UK ends up with a net worse trade deal with the EU.

Canada’s Ivey PMI improved: It registered 51.7 in June up from 49.4 in May. The prices index fell to 59.7 in June from 63.1. The pull-back in May left the Ivey at the weakest level of the year, and was below the most recent foray into contractionary (sub-50) territory in December of 2015 that saw the index fall to 49.9. The decline in May was not shocking given the Fort McMurray fires during the month, and the concerns about the outlook for the region and the impact of stopped oil production on the national economy. The move back above 50 in June is consistent with some improvement in activity during the month as a whole, although wildfire disruptions persisted early in the month.

Main Macro Events Today        

• US Nonfarm payrolls   June employment data is out today and could reveal a possible 210k (median 178k) headline after last months disappointing 38k and only 123k in April. We expect the unemployment rate to remain steady at 4.7% for a second month. The balance of risk is firmly to the upside.

• Japan’s policy Troika The MoF, FSA and BoJ will meet today to discuss the financial markets post-Brexit and concurrent strength of the yen that could relegate Japan’s economy back into recession, according to a Reuters report. Former Fed Chairman Bernanke will be meeting next week with PM Abe and BoJ’s Kuroda, no doubt to discuss helicopter maintenance and NIRP: “The meetings underscore the concern government officials have about damage that the recent market rout, triggered by the Brexit vote, could inflict on Japan’s fragile economic recovery. The last time they met was on June 25, shortly after Britain voted to leave the European Union, a decision that jolted financial markets and boosted investors’ demand for the safe-haven yen JPY. Bernanke is expected to discuss Brexit and the BOJ’s negative interest rate policy with Abe and Kuroda, the official said. The BOJ governor has repeatedly denied that the BOJ would adopt such a policy (helicopter money), however, saying it is as an ‘impossible’ option under current law separating the government’s role in fiscal policy from the BOJ’s in monetary policy.”

• Canada Employment  We expect employment, also due today, to rise 10.0k in June after the 13.8k gain in May. May saw a strong boost from Census hiring (public admin +19.4k), which should unwind in June. And the wildfires persisted into June, which could trim resource and related jobs. But the May report had a surprisingly firm tone even when the temporary factors are accounted for, suggesting the job market was resilient, which could have carried into June. We expect the unemployment rate to tick higher to 7.0% in June from 6.9% in April that came on the heels of back to back 7.1% readings in March and April. Hours worked are expected to nudge 0.1% higher (m/m) in June after the 0.2% gain in May.

Janne Muta

Chief Market Analyst

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