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22 Nov 2023

Ahead of Fed minutes... The market is now pricing in a 0% probability of a rate hike in December and rate cuts starting in May 2024

Source: Charlie Bilello

21 Nov 2023

Fed monetary policy tightening (+525 basis points of interest rates hike + $1.15 Trillion of Fed balance sheet reduction) since 2022 has been quite brutal

2023 has been a miracle so far with headline inflation declining to 3% WITHOUT a recession and no increase in unemployment rate. But can it last? What could be the lagged effects of such a tightening? (chart courtesy of Tavi Costa)

21 Nov 2023

central banks have become dominant holders

Source: Michel A.Arouet

13 Nov 2023

Central bank liquidity and the Sp500 are experiencing a rather large divergence. Will it matter?

Source: Markets & Mayhem

8 Nov 2023

Will Lagarde / ECB cut rates sooner than anticipated ?

Source: AndreasSteno

7 Nov 2023

NY FED recession probability is on highs

Unemployment is going up. Similar pattern was right before most previous recessions. Source: Wall Street Silver

6 Nov 2023

Even with gold near ATHs, central banks are still buying record tonnage of yellow metal...

Source: FT

6 Nov 2023

Markets are now betting on big rate cuts next year

This chart shows that money markets have raised policy-easing wagers since the middle of October: by September 2024, the FED should have cut by 70 basis points, the ECB by 65 basis points and the BoE by 40 basis points. (pricing is derived from swap rates tied to policy-meeting dates) Source: Bloomberg

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