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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Monday, January 6, 2025 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • The dollar was talk of the town during the holiday period. We expect the greenback to remain in the center of attention in the run-up to president-elect Trump’s inauguration Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Friday, December 20, 2024 Dear reader, The next KBC Sunset will be published on Monday, January 6. Happy holidays! KBC Economics – Markets Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets A looming US government shutdown starting as soon as tonight Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Friday, December 20, 2024 Dear reader, The next KBC Sunrise will be published on Monday, January 6. Happy holidays! KBC Economics – Markets Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • Front end US yields returned a few bps of the Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Thursday, December 19, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • Yesterday’s hawkish FOMC cut still resonated today. The front end of the curve outperformed slightly after US money markets even outhawked the Fed, looking to only 1 instead Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Thursday, December 19, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • The Fed lowered policy rates yesterday from 4.5%-4.75% to 4.25-4.5%, a level chair Powell said is still “meaningfully restrictive”. The decision was expected but not unanimous. Cleveland Fed Hammack Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • When (core) markets barely move the way they do today it’s because there’s little news or important events are looming. It’s both in this case. An empty economic Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • Retail sales for November were solid on face value though the details offered a more balanced picture. That was enough to cap the intraday rise in US yields. Net Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • Relative market calm this morning was already disturbed sooner than expected by the publication of the UK labour market data. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3% and Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • Yesterday’s PMI releases in Europe and the US confirmed the ongoing divergence in growth on both sides of the Atlantic, cementing market expectations on similar divergence in Fed and Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Monday, December 16, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • Slightly better-than-expected December EMU PMI’s showed business activity decreasing for the second month running. The rate of contraction was slower than in November though (49.5 from 48.3). A Read more…