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28 Sep 2023

The gap between oil and 10 year breakevens is huge...

Does it mean that the market sees higher oil prices as a "growth killer" and thus disinflationary at some stage? Source chart: TME, Refinitiv

28 Sep 2023

“Soft Landing” is still the consensus. But consensus doesn’t have a good track record...

Source: Game of Tardes

27 Sep 2023

Housing | According to Bankrate.com‘s data, US 30-Year fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.78%, the highest rate since August 2000

*This situation is expected to have a significant effect on closed sales from September to November. Source: C.Barraud

27 Sep 2023

World trade volumes fell at their fastest annual pace for almost three years in July

Closely watched figures signal rising interest rates are beginning to impact global demand for goods. Trade volumes were down 3.2 per cent in July compared with the same month last year, the steepest drop since the early months of the coronavirus pandemic in August 2020. The latest World Trade Monitor figure, published by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, or CPB, followed a 2.4 per cent contraction in June and added to evidence that global growth was slowing. After booming during the pandemic, demand for global goods exports has weakened on the back of higher inflation, bumper rate rises by the world’s central banks in 2022, and more spending on domestic services as economies reopened following lockdowns. The about-turn in export volumes was broad based, with most of the world reporting falling trade volumes in July. China, the world’s largest goods exporter, posted a 1.5 per cent annual fall, the eurozone a 2.5 per cent contraction, and the US a 0.6 per cent decrease. Source: FT

26 Sep 2023

This chart explains by itself why the market mood has been deteriorating over the last few weeks:

Growth forecasts moving down / world inflation going up. What else? Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg

26 Sep 2023

US national debt 23 years later...

Source: Mayhem4Markets

26 Sep 2023

Private equity firms are redirecting their focus from mega buyouts to businesses such as private credit as higher interest rates disrupt their strategies

Over the past year, buyouts have been halted due to the impact of higher rates, resulting in private equity firms being burdened with portfolio companies acquired at high prices. In response to this challenging environment, some of the industry’s largest firms are venturing into new areas, including lending to companies, which has become more lucrative as central banks raise interest rates to combat inflation. Top executives from Apollo and Blackstone recently highlighted the potential of private credit and infrastructure investing at the annual IPEM industry conference in Paris. https://lnkd.in/exw5bqWp. Source: https://lnkd.in/eSMS2Q-k

25 Sep 2023

Do you remember what Larry Summers said last year about soft landing?

This story of second marriage and the triumph of hope vs. experience seems to find an echo at the FED level...

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