The week opens with a few percent plunge in Chinese stock markets triggered by planned drastic changes to the operating rules of private education companies.
The flight from risk is hurting procyclical currencies and representatives of the emerging markets basket. The US dollar continues to trade firm; the EUR/USD pair remains glued to the 1.18 area. Defensive currencies that are the Swiss Franc and the Japanese yen lead the pack in July as the yields on US Treasuries have dropped sharply.
Fed meeting as a main risk factor for the dollar
This will be an extremely important week for emerging economies. In Poland, the inflation reading will be the highlight of the week. In June, consumer price growth slowed down to 4.4% year-on-year, but a further pick-up is expected in July. However, the CPI growth should not exceed the May high of 4.7% year-on-year (although its levelling out is quite possible). In the CEE3 region, the meeting of the Hungarian central bank, which should bring an increase in interest rates, and the preliminary reading of the Czech Republic's GDP for Q2 are also worth noting. In the coming days, we will also get data on national accounts from the United States, Germany and the eurozone. There are also a number of economic barometers scheduled, including the German Ifo index on Monday.
However, the Wednesday Federal Reserve meeting will be the highlight of the week. While no new forecasts will be released, investors will closely look for clues as to when to start cutting off the emergency stimulus in the form of asset purchases conducted at the rate of 120 billion USD per month. Employment is still 6 million lower than before the pandemic, but inflation in June hit an all-time high. Recently, there has also been a lot of concern about the fading economic climate. This combination creates a lot of uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's next steps. We expect that the mantra that price pressures are temporary and the labour market is far from in a condition to begin normalisation will be repeated. As a result, the dollar, which has been very strong recently, may be at risk of a correction.
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23 Jul 2021 13:41
ECB causes no harm, and data fail to help (Daily analysis 23.07.2021)
The week opens with a few percent plunge in Chinese stock markets triggered by planned drastic changes to the operating rules of private education companies.
The flight from risk is hurting procyclical currencies and representatives of the emerging markets basket. The US dollar continues to trade firm; the EUR/USD pair remains glued to the 1.18 area. Defensive currencies that are the Swiss Franc and the Japanese yen lead the pack in July as the yields on US Treasuries have dropped sharply.
Fed meeting as a main risk factor for the dollar
This will be an extremely important week for emerging economies. In Poland, the inflation reading will be the highlight of the week. In June, consumer price growth slowed down to 4.4% year-on-year, but a further pick-up is expected in July. However, the CPI growth should not exceed the May high of 4.7% year-on-year (although its levelling out is quite possible). In the CEE3 region, the meeting of the Hungarian central bank, which should bring an increase in interest rates, and the preliminary reading of the Czech Republic's GDP for Q2 are also worth noting. In the coming days, we will also get data on national accounts from the United States, Germany and the eurozone. There are also a number of economic barometers scheduled, including the German Ifo index on Monday.
However, the Wednesday Federal Reserve meeting will be the highlight of the week. While no new forecasts will be released, investors will closely look for clues as to when to start cutting off the emergency stimulus in the form of asset purchases conducted at the rate of 120 billion USD per month. Employment is still 6 million lower than before the pandemic, but inflation in June hit an all-time high. Recently, there has also been a lot of concern about the fading economic climate. This combination creates a lot of uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's next steps. We expect that the mantra that price pressures are temporary and the labour market is far from in a condition to begin normalisation will be repeated. As a result, the dollar, which has been very strong recently, may be at risk of a correction.
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ECB causes no harm, and data fail to help (Daily analysis 23.07.2021)
Currency rates once again influenced by pandemic fears (Daily analysis 20.07.2021)
Dollar loses its momentum again (Daily analysis 15.07.2021)
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