POWELL STILL SPEAKING, AT THE PANEL DISCUSSION – COMMENTS ABOUT THE us BUDGET DEFICIT BEING TOO HIGH AND UNSUSTAINABLE- BOND YIELDS TICKING BACK UP, FX FOLLOWS BUT NOT TOO FAR
So then, the Fed hasn’t done much to take a bite out of the out of control spending of recent years which is putting up $1 trillion US dollars every 100 days. In the Fed’s defense they can’t order the government to stop spending like it just inherited a diamond mine. There are people who want to put on the breaks but that is against the rules of the current regime.
There is one trick they might have left before the effects start to really hit the economy in bad ways. There is something called a “hail Mary” in US football where you have seconds left on the clock and just throw it 40 yards into the end zone hoping something magical happens.
(We estimate that for the US, Italy, and France the primary balance would have to improve by more than 2% of GDP cumulatively for their debt to stabilize, this is unlikely to happen over the next three years.)
Key levels are pretty clear at 1.2612 and 1.2710, the former holding after a run at it earlier.
The key focus is on Thursday’s UK elections, where an outright win by Labour would be seen as a positive if only because it would have a ruling majority. We should have a feel for pre-election positioning by tomorrow at the latest.
only sharp deterioration
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(Reuters) – The United States, France and major economies are unlikely to halt the rises in their debt levels in the next few years, credit rating firm S&P Global warned on Tuesday. … .. …
“We estimate that –for the U.S., Italy, and France– the primary balance would have to improve by more than 2% of GDP cumulatively for their debt to stabilize; this is unlikely to happen over the next three years,” S&P said in a report.
“In our view, only a sharp deterioration of borrowing conditions could persuade G7 governments to implement more resolute budgetary consolidation at the present stage in their electoral cycles”
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
Further signs of a cooling U.S. economy greet the second half of 2024, with politics dominating headlines on both sides of the Atlantic and Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell due to speak later on Tuesday.