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Tuesday 13th February 2024

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Maybe not as exciting as the Super Bowl, but the CPI numbers out in the US early tomorrow morning (Australia time) could have a more significant impact on the US economy and the speed of cuts from the Fed. NAB’s Rodrigo Catril says the headline rate is expected to start with a 2, instead of a 3, but will it fall faster than expected putting pressure on the Fed to move more quickly. Ahead of all that, we get the NAB Business Survey, the ZEW survey results for Germany and the Eurozone, and employment numbers for the UK. At last, the data calendar is hotting up.

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Monday 12th February 2024

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Talk about an anti-climax! Markets were on tenterhooks ahead of the revision to US CPI on Friday but, it turns out, there was nothing to see. NAB’s Tapas Strickland points out that the revision was one basis point higher for the three-month average. Now markets can focus on the next CPI print, which is out this week. Friday’s excitement in our region came from one bank’s call for the RBNZ to raise rates in February and April. Michelle Bullock didn’t rule out a rate rise for the RBA when she fronted up to parliament on Friday, but it seems unlikely. It’s a quiet start to the week, with China on holiday for the New Year, but Tapas takes us through some of the data highlights for later in the week. 

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Friday 9th February 2024

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Australian tourism was enjoying record highs for visitor numbers before the pandemic. Then we closed the borders. Visitor arrivals are picking up again, but are still not back to 2019 levels. But Samantha Palmer, general manager of Austrade’s visitor economy and client programs division, says we’ll break that record for visitor numbers in 2025 and exceed the spend record this year. That makes tourism infrastructure a solid investment promotion. But what sort of product is required and how can you finance all that upfront investment when a brand-new offering could take a while to provide cash returns? 

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Friday 9th February 2024

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The Fed and several other central banks are united in their message that there’s no rush to cut rates. Thomas Barkin was the latest to deliver the message from the FOMC, suggesting they won’t ‘toggle’ rates until they’ve had a few more months of data. Meanwhile, NAB’s Skye masters says as we await more data bonds are drifting, looking for direction. There will be some trepidation about the possibility of a revision to US CPI numbers later and there are more solid numbers to help support whatever side of the timing of the toggle you sit on.

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Thursday 8th February 2024

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Once again central bankers have been out pushing the message that rates will not be coming down quickly. What’s more, the neutral rate is likely to be higher than before. There was a lacklustre response from bond markets, which managed to absorb $2 billon worth of new issuance. The market moves have been in equities, with the S&P close to, but not quite hitting - 5,000. Phil asks NAB’s Tapas Strickland whether this is misplaced optimism. 

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Wednesday 7th February 2024

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It was a busy day for Australia yesterday, with the RBA announcement, the statement of monetary policy, and the press conference. For all of that there wasn’t any wild fluctuations in markets, despite the hawkish tilt and the spectre of a rate rise given as one possible course of action if services inflation remains too resilient. But, as NAB’s Gavin Friend points out, most of the market action was in US bond markets, where yields fell significantly overnight. It’s the lack of tier one data, says \gavin, driving speculation. 

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Tuesday 6th February 2024

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Stronger than expected ISM services data yesterday has dampened further the likelihood of a March rate cut. Meanwhile, China is taking more steps to stem the outflow from equity markets. Australia, meanwhile, readies itself for the first RBA announcement of 2024. But its not just an announcement, it’s the release of the Statement on Monetary Policy and a press conference. NAB’s Rodrigo Catril talks us through this new look RBA performance and why it could prove to be choppier for bond and currency markets.

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Monday 5th February 2024

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US payrolls numbers on Friday showed a surprisingly large upswing, mirroring the ADP numbers earlier in the week. The data also showed a higher-than-expected increase in wages. NAB’s Ken Crompton says this puts paid to any hopes of a March rate cut, with the first fully priced cut expected in June. He adds there’s a chance that inflation data could be revised up a little later this week. The BoE’s Huw Pill meanwhile has been promoting the need to wait longer before cutting, adding to the underperformance of Gilts on Friday. It’s a quiet start to the week, but the main interest locally is obviously the RBA tomorrow, with the rates announcement coinciding with the publication of the Statement of Monetary Policy, followed by a press conference by Michele Bullock. A lot to take in. 

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Friday 2nd February

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Sydney and Melbourne property prices are down from their peaks, whilst Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth reached all time highs last month. But for how long? Will Sydney and Melbourne bounce back? Phil talks to Eliza Owen Core Logic’s Head of Residential Research about recent trends in the property market which, despite everything, continues to enjoy rising prices, but for how long? What impact is migration having on demand for dwellings in Sydney and Melbourne. What’s driving the widening gap between house prices and apartments? And what are the trends Eliza thinks we’ll see this year that might surprise you. Even if you are not a property investor, or considering a housing purchase, this is compulsory listening for anyone gathering ammunition for Australia’ favourite dinner party conversation – house prices!

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Friday 2nd February 2024

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It wasn’t a unanimous decision by the Bank of England overnight. Some of the board wanted to lift rates, the majority wanted to hold, but there was one who still wanted to push them higher. All in all a March cut is now extremely unlikely according to NAB’s Gavin Friend, who says those pricing in 100bp of cuts this year have probably got it wrong. We also look at the fed’s decision, one day on. Shares are higher and bond yields lower, so it seems the prospect of delays in cuts hasn’t phased the markets too much. The latest ISM report painted a slightly more optimistic picture for US manufacturing, but prices remain a concern. Wages will be watched keenly, of course, in the non-farm payrolls out on Friday in the US. Jerome Powell said this week he was looking for more “good data” – maybe this will be one of those reports.

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