If I was in Fed Chair Powell’s shoes, I would pat myself on the back and just look to confirm what economists are forecasting, which is for 75bps of rate cuts this year.
For consideration regarding real economics according to the respected source Resume Builder:
1. 4 out of 10 jobs posted in the US in 2024 were “fake.”
2. 3 out of every 10 jobs in 2024 had roles that were not “real.”
This, added to the BLS not reporting almost 1 million job losses in the last report, and the continued high inflation in real terms not “how its doing the last two years” is not the rosy picture some are painting.
Result:
1. Buy military defense, gold, energy dividend, AI, and staple stocks.
The UsdJpy 146.25 magnet I’ve been mentioning the last two days is quite active with some expected over/under. Last hurrah is just above for a bit of time. Current problems with it:
1. Major bank executives have voiced no confidence in US government data from this administration in light of the hidden in plain sight BLS fraud.
2. Stocks are likely to remain in trouble overall regardless of the FED being forced to lower rates coming up in part to the fraudulent data and the fact that almost 1 million job losses went unreported with more to come showing an unstable economy.
3. The short side of UsdJpy is dicey with the evaporation of confidence due to the uncertainty and stronger in stocks now than before.
Rates will be reduced but now the impact is likely reduced. So USD is a matter of the extent pricing in has been achieved.
UsdJpy is bid in buy mode until the 146.25 area where the odds of that changing increase a bit more than moderately. The number 25 is not a magical reversion it is just working that way this time.