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Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa [#Commodities](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/commodities) ![Is more foodflation coming?](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/12-Mar-18-2024-04-44-48-8274-PM.jpg) ![Is more foodflation coming?](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/12-Mar-18-2024-04-44-48-8274-PM.jpg) 18 Mar 2024 - - - #### Daily Routine Source: Seek Wiser [#Food for Thought](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/food-for-thought) ![Daily Routine](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/11-Mar-18-2024-04-43-26-6086-PM.jpg) ![Daily Routine](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/11-Mar-18-2024-04-43-26-6086-PM.jpg) 18 Mar 2024 - - - #### S&P 500 Tech Profit Margins versus the rest. Source: Eugene Ng, Goldman Sachs [#equities](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/equities) ![S&P 500 Tech Profit Margins versus the rest.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/10-Mar-18-2024-04-42-04-1513-PM.jpg) ![S&P 500 Tech Profit Margins versus the rest.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/10-Mar-18-2024-04-42-04-1513-PM.jpg) 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 [#Central banks|](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/central-banks) [#Macroeconomics](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/macroeconomics) ![Financial stress is the lowest since the Fed began raising rates, which begs the question -- why cut this year? 🤔](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/9-Mar-18-2024-04-41-05-5966-PM.jpg) ![Financial stress is the lowest since the Fed began raising rates, which begs the question -- why cut this year? 🤔](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/9-Mar-18-2024-04-41-05-5966-PM.jpg) 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. [#Asia](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/asia) ![China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations - CNBC](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Capture-2.png) ![China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations - CNBC](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Capture-2.png) 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 [#Central banks|](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/central-banks) [#Asia](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/asia) ![Nikkei reported BOJ conducted a gensaki (reverse repo with JGB collateral) operation Monday for the first time in about a month.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/8-Mar-18-2024-04-37-42-6966-PM.jpg) ![Nikkei reported BOJ conducted a gensaki (reverse repo with JGB collateral) operation Monday for the first time in about a month.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/8-Mar-18-2024-04-37-42-6966-PM.jpg) 18 Mar 2024 - - - #### Central banks are hoarding gold like never before... Source: BofA [#Central banks|](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/central-banks) [#gold](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/gold) ![Central banks are hoarding gold like never before...](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/7-Mar-18-2024-04-36-41-1900-PM.jpg) ![Central banks are hoarding gold like never before...](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/7-Mar-18-2024-04-36-41-1900-PM.jpg) 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 [#United States|](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/united-states) [#banking](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/tag/banking) ![us bank deposits have stabilized and risen since the 2023 banking panic, showing that confidence is slowly returning.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/6-Mar-18-2024-04-35-15-9554-PM.jpg) ![us bank deposits have stabilized and risen since the 2023 banking panic, showing that confidence is slowly returning.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/6-Mar-18-2024-04-35-15-9554-PM.jpg) ❮❮ [❮](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1001) [1000](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1000) [1001](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1001) [1002](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1002) [1003](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1003) [1004](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1004) [❯](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1003) [❯❯](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/page/1250?hsLang=en) ## **Thinking** out loud Sign up for our weekly email highlighting the most popular posts. 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