macro economics

KBC Sunrise Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          Dutch chipmaker ASML sent shockwaves through the broader equity market yesterday. In its earnings report that it accidentally published one day ahead of schedule, Europe’s high-profile tech company cut the outlook for Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          The release of labour market data kicked off a triptych of key UK data that should help clarify whether the time is right for the BoE to move Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          Fed governor Waller was the sole highlight of yesterday’s uninspiring, holiday-thinned (Columbus Day in the US) start of the trading week. The man touted as current chair Powell’s successor Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Monday, October 14, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          Chinese stock markets eventually closed 2% to 3% higher, giving the benefit of the doubt to further steps to support the property sector and hints at greater borrowing Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Monday, October 14, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          The US yield curve finished last week with a little steepening. Net daily changes varied between -0.2 bps (2-yr) to +5.2 bps (30-yr), underpinned by second-tier data including decelerating Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Friday, October 11, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          It’s more of the same today in absence of big events. Slightly below-consensus US PPI data only very briefly triggered a bid in US Treasuries which continued their Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Friday, October 11, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          US September inflation printed hotter than expected and contained some important hawkish details such as rising food prices and accelerating supercore services inflation (to an annualized 3mMA of around Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Thursday, October 10, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          Data dependency = volatility. Today was a textbook example. The US economic agenda featured September CPI figures and the weekly jobless claims. The former came in at the Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Thursday, October 10, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          Yesterday’s risk-on sentiment, Fed comments and the release of the Minutes of the Fed September meeting all contributed to a gradual, but protracted intraday uptrend in US yields. They Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets The announcement that Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo’an will hold a briefing on fiscal policy on Saturday to shore up growth only briefly supported Chinese stocks. They succumbed into Read more…