Bond yields rose further ahead of this week’s important Fed meeting, with stronger inflation data in the Eurozone contributing. The US dollar also rose, while equities fell, the S&P500 down 0.5%.

Asset classes were mixed. Equities were helped by company earnings, the S&P500 closing up 2.5%. Bond yields rose amid elevated readings for US inflation indicators. The US dollar rose slightly.

Bond yields fell after the ECB accompanied its 75bp rate hike with less hawkish guidance. That, and some solid US GDP data, lifted the US dollar. The S&P500 is down 0.4%.

Bond yields and the US dollar fell amid continued speculation that the Fed will slow its tightening pace, encouraged by the Bank of Canada’s decision to hike by a smaller than expected 50bp increment. Equities are lower, though, the S&P500 down 0.8%.

Risk sentiment improved further amid a slew of weaker US economic data which supports the case for a Fed slowdown. The S&P500 is up 1.5% and at a one-month high, and bond yields and the US dollar are lower.

Risk sentiment improved further amid speculation the Fed will slow its tightening cycle, the S&P500 up 1.4%. Bond yields rose, though, and risk sensitive currencies fell.

Bond yields rose amid hawkish comments from Fed members. Equity markets fell (S&P500 -0.7%), while currencies were mixed.

Bond yields rose as Fed rate expectations were increased, hurting equity market sentiment (S&P500 -0.6%) and lifting the US dollar.

Equity market sentiment remained upbeat in anticipation of solid company earnings reports, the S&P500 up 0.5%, but currencies and bonds were contained.

Risk sentiment improved without an obvious catalyst, the S&P500 up 2.7%. The US dollar fell, and bond yields rebounded.