Wekelijkse marktvooruitzichten (29-02 februari) | Forexlive

AANKOMENDE EVENEMENTEN:

• dinsdag: Japan
  Unemployment Rate, Eurozone Q4 GDP, US Job Openings, US Consumer
  Vertrouwen.
• woensdag: BoJ
  Summary of Opinions, Japan Industrial Production and Retail Sales,
  Australia CPI, Chinese PMIs, Switzerland Retail Sales, UST Quarterly
  Refunding Announcement, US ADP, Canada GDP, US ECI, FOMC Policy Decision.
• donderdag: China
  Caixin Manufacturing PMI, Switzerland Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone CPI,
  Eurozone Unemployment Rate, BoE Policy Decision, US Challenger Job Cuts,
  US Jobless Claims, Canada Manufacturing PMI, US ISM Manufacturing PMI.
• vrijdag:
  Australia PPI, US NFP.

dinsdag

The US December Job Openings are seen
falling to 8.750M vs. 8.790M prior. Job Openings have been falling steadily
since the peak in 2022 as the labour market continued to get into better
balance. As a reminder, the laatste
verslag op zijn minst verrast met zowel
the hiring and quits rate falling below the pre-pandemic levels. Het zal zo zijn
interesting to see how the Fed’s pivot and the aggressive easing in financial
conditions influenced the data.

Het Amerikaanse consumentenvertrouwen is dat wel geweest
falling steadily in the last quarter of 2023 amid a weakening labour market but
steeg verrassend genoeg in december naar het niveau dat het laatst sinds juli was bereikt. Compared
to the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment, which shows more how the
consumers see their personal finances, the Consumer Confidence shows how the
consumers see de arbeidsmarkt.
The consensus sees the index increasing to 115.0 in January vs. 110.7 in December.

woensdag

The Australian quarterly inflation
data is seen easing across all measures.
The CPI Y/Y is expected at 4.3% vs. 5.4% voorafgaand,
while the Q/Q reading is seen at 0.8% vs. 1.2% prior. The RBA is more
focused on the underlying inflation measures and those are expected to fall as
well. In fact, the Trimmed Mean CPI Y/Y is seen at 4.4% vs. 5.2% prior,
while the Q/Q figure is expected at 0.9% vs. 1.2% prior. We will also get the
Monthly CPI indicator which is expected to ease further to 3.7% vs. 4.3% prior.
The data will have no bearing on the February RBA meeting, but it will
influence the market’s pricing which currently expects the central bank to
start cutting rates in August.

The US Q4 Employment Cost Index (ECI) is
expected at 1.0% vs. 1.1% voorafgaand.
This is the most comprehensive measure of labour costs, but unfortunately, it’s
not as timely as the Average Hourly Earnings data. The Fed though watches
this indicator closely. Wage growth has been easing in the past two years,
but it still remains relatively elevated.

The Fed is expected to keep the FFR
unchanged at 5.25-5.50%. Given that the 3-month and 6-month annualised rates
are now below the 2% target, the central bank might also acknowledge the
progress by changing the line in the statement from “any additional policy
firming” to something like “sufficiently restrictive”. Beyond that we shouldn’t
see many changes and the attention will turn to the Press Conference where Fed
Chair Powell will be certainly questioned about the aggressive easing in
financial conditions since the December meeting, the falling inflation rate and
the change for their quantitative tightening policy.

donderdag

De CPI Y/Y van de eurozone zal naar verwachting 2.8% bedragen
versus 2.9% voorafgaand,
while the Core Y/Y measure is seen at 3.2% vs. 3.4% prior. De markt
continues to expect the ECB to cut rates in April although the central bank
keeps on pushing back against such forecasts seeing the first cut coming in
zomer. If the data continues to miss though, it will be very hard for the
ECB to maintain its patience. We will also see the latest Unemployment Rate
which is expected to remain unchanged at 6.4%.

The BoE is expected to keep the Bank Rate
unchanged at 5.25%. The data leading up to the meeting has been mixed with some
more cooling in the arbeid
markt and wage growth but a surprisingly
warm CPI
rapport. Bovendien is de Retail
Verkoop saw a big plunge in December while
de PMI's
verbeterd in januari. The central bank will likely maintain its patient
approach reaffirming that they will keep rates high for sufficiently long to
return to the 2% target.

De Amerikaanse werkloosheidsclaims blijven één
van de belangrijkste releases elke week, omdat het een tijdigere indicator is voor de
toestand van de arbeidsmarkt. De eerste claims blijven rond de cyclus zweven
dieptepunten, terwijl Continuing Claims na het bereiken van een nieuw cyclushoogtepunt een trend begonnen te vertonen
te verlagen. Deze week ziet de consensus de initiële claims op 210 versus 214 voorafgaand,
terwijl er geen consensus bestaat over Continuing Claims, hoewel de eerdere release dit wel zag
een stijging naar 1833K versus 1806K eerder.

De Amerikaanse ISM Manufacturing PMI wordt verwacht
at 47.3 vs. 47.4 voorafgaand.
Vorige week heeft de S & P
Mondiale productie-PMI
for January jumped back into expansion at 50.3, which was the highest reading
sinds oktober 2022. Maybe the recent
aggressive easing in financial conditions after the Fed’s pivot triggered a
renewed growth impulse and if that’s so, it will be hard for the market to
justify the six rate cuts currently priced for this year.

vrijdag

The US NFP is expected to show 173K jobs
added in January compared to 216K seen in December
and the Unemployment Rate to tick higher to 3.8% vs. 3.7% prior. The Average
Hourly Earnings Y/Y is expected at 4.1% vs. 4.1% prior, while the M/M measure
wordt gezien bij 0.3% versus 0.4% eerder. The last report had some notable underlying
zwakke punten with the household survey for example showing the largest jobs
decline since April 2020 lockdown, so some more weakness under the hood might
start to unnerve the market.

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