A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
With Middle East anxiety still brewing in the background, the red hot U.S. retail readout for March has underlined the sheer strength of the economic expansion there and is super-charging the dollar around the world.
OUR BLOG IS A WEALTH OF TRADIG INFORMATION, IF YOU ARE TRADING THESE DAYS YOU MUST KEEP AN EYE ON INTEREST RATES (I.E US BOND YIELDS) AS EXPLAINED IN THIS ARTICLE
As noted here yesterday, 154.-155 is a sticky zone with the top end as a pivotal level and potential BoJ line in the sand.
So far the market is showing no fear of the BoJ and is again taking the path of least resistance by selling JPY on its crosses (e.g. EURJPY, GBPJPY) where the BpK is less likely to intervene,
For intra-day traders, look for the “50” level (154.50) to be pivotal in the days ahead in determining whther the market goes after 155.
*** hikes rather than cuts ***
some references:
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The Fed might not be done raising interest rates just yet – CNN Apr 11
Bowman recently said that she would favor a rate hike “should progress on inflation stall or even reverse.”
Kashkari floated the possibility of not cutting rates at all this year. He also said rate hikes are “certainly not off the table.”
Williams – powell’s “top advisor” – said that here are “definitely circumstances” that would merit raising interest rates such as inflation moving materially higher, but the current trajectory doesn’t fit that, he said.
Circumstances: “the recent increases in inflation had been relatively broad based and therefore should not be discounted as merely statistical aberrations,” according to meeting minutes released Wednesday
“You have to take seriously the possibility that the next rate move will be upwards rather than downwards,” Summers
GVI Forex 10:31pm // that is at least the 2nd time I read someone talk about a HIKE instead of cuts , over the last month or so. sofar players not pricing even a 5% chance of that theme