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18 Mar 2024

Is more foodflation coming?

Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa

18 Mar 2024

Daily Routine

Source: Seek Wiser

18 Mar 2024

S&P 500 Tech Profit Margins versus the rest.

Source: Eugene Ng, Goldman Sachs

18 Mar 2024

Financial stress is the lowest since the Fed began raising rates, which begs the question -- why cut this year? 🤔

Source: Markets & Mayhem, St Louis Fed

18 Mar 2024

China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations - CNBC

- Retail sales rose 5.5%, better than the 5.2% increase forecast in a Reuters’ poll, while industrial production increased 7%, compared with estimates of 5% growth. - Fixed asset investment rose by 4.2%, more than the forecast of 3.2%. - Online retail sales of physical goods rose by 14.4% from a year ago during the first two months of the year.

18 Mar 2024

Nikkei reported BOJ conducted a gensaki (reverse repo with JGB collateral) operation Monday for the first time in about a month.

*Article cited broad upward pressures on rates amid heightening expectations of an imminent BOJ rate hike, leading traders to conclude the measure was meant to prepare for market reactions Source: C.Barraud https://lnkd.in/e8c8ubcx

18 Mar 2024

Central banks are hoarding gold like never before...

Source: BofA

18 Mar 2024

us bank deposits have stabilized and risen since the 2023 banking panic, showing that confidence is slowly returning.

Source: BofA, Markets & Mayhem

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