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2024

  • Euro wrap-up

    Euro wrap-up

    7 January 2025 373 KB PDF
    • Longer-dated Bunds followed USTs lower, but shorter-dated Bunds were little changed as euro area inflation aligned with initial expectations and core inflation momentum continued to moderate.
    • Despite an underwhelming UK retail and construction survey, Gilts followed USTs lower with 30Y yields the highest since 1998 after today’s auction attracted the lowest demand for more than a year.
  • US Data Review

    US Data Review

    7 January 2025 237 KB PDF
    • U.S. trade balance: wider deficit in November
    • ISM services: indicating expansion for the sixth consecutive month; concerning jump in prices
  • Euro wrap-up

    Euro wrap-up

    6 January 2025 378 KB PDF
    • Bunds made losses as the flash estimates of German inflation in December surprised on the upside.
    • Gilts also made losses even as the final December PMIs provided further evidence that the UK economy flat-lined towards year-end.
  • Euro wrap-up

    Euro wrap-up

    20 December 2024 357 KB PDF
    • Despite a pickup in German producer prices, Bunds made gains as the Commission’s flash consumer confidence indicator deteriorated in December to an eight-month low.
    • Gilts outperformed as the rebound in UK retail sales in November underwhelmed and the CBI survey suggested that sales remained unseasonably weak in December.
  • US Economic Comment

    US Economic Comment

    20 December 2024 410 KB PDF
    • Forecast update: continued solid growth in 2025; slow retreat in inflation; heightened policy uncertainty on account of incoming Trump administration
  • Euro wrap-up

    Euro wrap-up

    19 December 2024 315 KB PDF
    • Despite a downbeat French business survey, Bunds followed USTs lower as German consumer confidence edged higher.
    • Gilts outperformed, making gains at the shorter end of the curve, as the BoE left monetary policy unchanged but three MPC members voted for a rate cut and a fourth suggested that they might support more activist policy in future.
  • US Data Review

    US Data Review

    19 December 2024 269 KB PDF
    • Revised Q3 GDP: upward revision led by adjustment to already-brisk consumer spending
    • Unemployment claims: retreat in initial claims following holiday-related volatility
  • US Data Review

    US Data Review

    18 December 2024 174 KB PDF
    • Housing starts: drop in November led decline in multi-family activity