FX News Today

European Outlook: Asian stock markets headed south, with Japan underperforming as the Yen strengthened ahead of BoJ and Fed meetings. Weaker than expected machinery orders added to pressure. Chinese CPI was much weaker than expected and PPI better than expected adding to the raft of very mixed news. U.S. and U.K. stock futures are also heading south despite ongoing advance in oil prices, with the front end WTI future rising further above USD 51 per barrel. Released overnight the RICS U.K. house price balanced dropped more than expected and fell back to 19% in May, while April was revised down to 39.% from 41%. French non-farm payrolls were revised higher to show a rise of 0.3% q/q in Q1. Still to come, Germany and the U.K. release trade data but the focus will likely be on Draghi’s speech at the economic forum in Brussels.

RBNZ maintained the OCR at 2.25%, but maintained scope for further easing if economic data suggest the need. Governor Wheeler said, “Further policy easing may be required to ensure that future average inflation settles near the middle of the target range. We will continue to watch closely the emerging flow of economic data.” The move was anticipated, however, some analysts were suggesting a cut could be possible. The NZD soared on the news to a one year high with the NZDUSD currently trading at 0.7135.  Governor Whelers view on further easing later this year remains consistent and in line with many in the market including ourselves.

Bank of Korea cut rates by 25 bps to 1.25%, upending expectations for another steady 1.50% setting. The surprise cut was driven by concerns the government’s efforts to restructure indebted firms is weighing on the broader economy. A worsening outlook for the economic growth suggested that a rate cut would happen in the near term. The government’s plans to create a fund to facilitate corporate restructuring appears to have prompted them to add stimulus now as opposed to later as they sought to offset any negative impacts such as lost jobs or reduced investment.

US JOLTS report showed job openings rose 118k in April to 5,788k, matching the prior record high set in July 2015, after rising 62k to 5,670k in March (revised down from 5,757k). The rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8% (revised from 3.9%). But, the rest of the report wasn’t great. Hirings continued to slip, falling 198k to 5,092k after dropping 220k to 5,290k (revised from 5,292k). Also, the hire rate declined to 3.5% from 3.7%. Quitters dipped 36k to 2,912k after sliding 7k to 2,948k in March (revised from 2,980k). The rate fell to 2.0% from 2.1%. This report’s importance (it was created by and is a favorite of Yellen) for the June FOMC was minimized by the May employment release.

Main Macro Events Today

• ECB President Draghi Speaks Due to speak at the Brussels Economic Forum. Always one to watch, following last week’s press conference and yesterday’s initial corporate bond purchases expect more of the same “steady we go”.

• US Initial Jobs claims Following the hiatus caused by the NFP on Friday, expect this week’s initial jobless numbers to followed more closely than usual.  276k expected, median 270K.

Janne Muta

Chief Market Analyst

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FOREX News Today

Asian stock markets are mixed, with Japanese markets moving higher and oil producers gaining as oil prices moved higher, with the front end Nymex future trading above USD 50 per barrel. Chinese trade data showed imports beating estimates and saw the CSI move off earlier lows. US and UK stock futures are lower though, so overall positive leads for European bond markets, which moved higher yesterday, despite broad gains in equities. Gilt and FTSE 100 underperformed as Sterling bounced back from Monday’s drop. The European calendar has Swiss inflation data and UK production numbers. The ECB will start its corporate bond purchase program today, although officials this week indicated that buying may not amount to much.

The World Bank made a sizeable 0.5% cut on its 2016 global growth forecast from January estimation of 2,9% to 2.4%. The cut was made due to persistently low commodity prices, slow demand in advanced economies, weak trade and declining capital flows. Emerging market countries that live from commodity exports have found it hard to adapt to lower prices for oil, metals, and other commodities. According to the bank these economies are accounting for half of the downward revision.  The World Bank expects emerging economies to grow at a meager 0.4 percent pace in 2016, a downward revision of 1.2 percentage points from the January outlook.  Low commodity prices help the commodity-importing emerging market countries that are doing better. However, the benefits of lower prices on energy and other goods have been slow to show up. The World Bank now expects growth in commodity-importing countries will reach 5.8% which represent a downgrade of 0.1% from the January forecast.

Canada’s Ivey PMI fell to 49.4 in May from 53.1 in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, undershooting forecasts for a decline that would have left the index above 50.0 (median was 52.0). The pull-back leaves the Ivey at the weakest level of the year, and is below the most recent foray into contractionary (sub-50) territory in December of 2015 that saw the index fall to 49.9. But while the magnitude of the decline in May was unexpected, it 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. Notably, the unadjusted Ivey PMI rose to 58.4 in May from 50.6 in April, revealing the typical move in this series between April and May. However, the index was well below the not seasonally adjusted 65.2 seen last May.

US consumer credit rose $13.4 bln in April following the $28.4 bln March surge (revised from $29.7 bln). Nonrevolving credit continued to pace the strength, posting an $11.8 bln increase versus the prior $17.9 bln jump (revised from $18.6 bln). Revolving credit was up $1.6 versus $11.1 bln (revised from $10.4 bln).

Main Macro Events Today

• UK Industrial Production: The YoY Industrial Production numbers for April are released today and are expected to come in slightly worse than in previous month (-0.4% vs. -0.2). Industrial production in the UK has been contracting since the cycle high in December 2013.

• Canada Housing Starts: We expect housing starts, due today, to slow modestly to a 190.0k unit rate in May from 191.5k in April, as starts continue to unwind from the 219.4k year high rate in February.

• RBNZ Interest Rate Decision: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to ease rates further. The Governor Wheeler said in a policy note that further easing may be required to ensure that future average inflation settles the middle of the target range. He has also expressed his wish for a lower dollar.

Janne Muta

Chief Market Analyst

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