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Content Summary
1) APAC WEEK AHEAD
2) MARKET SNAPSHOT & HIGHLIGHTS
3) GLOBAL MARKETS HEADLINES
4) ASX ECONOMIC CALENDAR
5) IDEA OF THE DAY
6) ECONOMIC CALENDARS
1) APAC Week Ahead
2) Market Snapshot & Highlights (as of 7 am AEST)
AUS Macro Table
Global Markets Commentary
- Jackson Hole - US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell noted in a speech to the Jackson Hole central bank symposium: “Restoring price stability will likely require maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time.” And further: “The historical record cautions strongly against prematurely loosening policy.”
- US Economic Data - Personal income rose by 0.2% in July (survey: +0.6%) with spending up 0.1% (survey: +0.5%). The key inflation measure - the core PCE deflator - lifted by 0.1% in July to be up 4.6% on the year (survey: +4.7%). The advance goods trade deficit fell from US$98.59 billion to US$89.06bn in July (survey: US$97bn). The final University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose from 55.1 to 58.2 in August (survey: 55.2).
- US share markets slumped on Friday as the Fed chair suggested interest rates would be higher for longer. All 11 S&P 500 sectors were lower.
- European share markets fell on Friday. Investors digested the speech from the Fed chair and weak German consumer sentiment data.
- US treasuries were weaker on Friday (yields higher).
- Major currencies were mixed against the US dollar in European and US trade.
- Global oil prices rose on Friday. Fears that the OPEC+ group could cut production offset hawkish comments from the Fed chair.
- Base metal prices were higher on Friday. Over the week Spot gold fell by US$13.10 or 0.7%. Over the week iron ore rose by US$1.17 or 1.1%.
3) Global Markets Headlines
- Cash is king for EV makers as soaring battery prices drive up vehicle production costs (CNBC)
- Powell warns of ‘some pain’ ahead as the Fed fights to bring down inflation (CNBC)
- Powell comments fuel 1,000-point market rout Friday as stocks slide for a second week (CNBC)
- U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit (CNBC)
- ECB policymakers make the case for a big rate (CNBC)
- Wall Street analysts are betting on another red-hot commodity rally before year-end
- Gold slides after Powell doubles down on tight monetary policy
- Dollar rebounds as Powell commits to fighting inflation (CNBC)
- UK energy bills to rise by 80% in October as regulator announces hike
- A Different Take on the U.S. Economy: Maybe It Isn’t Really Shrinking (WSJ)
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(All news & data sourced from AFR / The Australian / Bloomberg / Reuters / CNBC / Wall Street Journal / Morningstar)
4) ASX Economic Calendar
5) Idea of the Day
(FMG – Fortescue Metals Group)
6) Macro-Economic Calendar
Economic Calendar (TODAY)
Economic Calendar (YESTERDAY)
Weekend - NA
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