Bonds Shrug Off Risks, Dollar Higher
| CPI (m/m) | 0.6% |
| Core CPI (y/y) | 1.3% |
| CPI (y/y) | 1.5% |
| Continuing Jobless Claims (APR 4) | 2.739M |
| Initial Jobless Claims (APR 11) | 304K |
| Philly Fed Business Conditions | 26.6 |
A better tone on Ukraine pushed up Treasury yields after all parties agreed separatists would exit government buildings. USD was the top performer while NZD lagged. The day ahead is likely to be extremely quiet with many markets closed for Good Friday. Latest Premium Insights invilved 2 new trades in gold with 3 related charts, in addition to our longs in EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDCAD, USDCHF and AUDNZD.
A prevailing school of thought headed into the weekend was that risk trades might suffer on fears of a Ukranian flare up over the long weekend. Instead, leaders emerged from four-party meetings with a conciliatory tone. The largest impact was in the Treasury market where 10 year yields moved up 9 basis points – the most since the FOMC decision on March 19.
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The pound was the top performer while the yen lagged as risk trades strengthened. Later, Kuroda and several second-tier releases highlight the calendar. Today's new set of Premium Insights invilved 2 new trades in gold with 3 related charts, in addition to our longs in EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDCAD, USDCHF and AUDNZD.
Read More...The trade has been to ignore Ukraine until the bullets started flying, well on Tuesday they began to fly and it caused a bout of risk aversion. The US dollar was the top performer while the yen lagged. Chinese GDP is a major risk in the hours ahead. Existing trades on EURUSD GBPUSD USDJPY USDCAD USDCHF and AUDIO remain in progress and a new round of Premium trades will be issued tomorrow.
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