Australian dollar crushed by rate spike

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DXY reversed upwards:

AUD did the Costanza:

North Asia too:

Oil and copper broke out sending an unambiguous no-landing signal:

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Miners are fooked as iron ore heads for the cost curve:

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EM fell:

Junk did OK:

Given the yield back-up:

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Stocks held on:

US PPI was a shocker at 0.6 versus 0.3 expected, largely on oil. This is a direct input into PCE, so it will not please El Fedo.

Worse, the IEA swung oil hawkish:

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Global oil markets face a supply deficit throughout 2024, instead of the surplus previously expected, assuming that OPEC+ continues output cuts in the second half of the year, according to the International Energy Agency.

This certainly can delay the Fed, which will challenge the risk rally for a time.

Though the asymmetry of cuts to more hikes is still very favourable to risk so I wouldn’t get too cautious.

If oil runs, AUD will run away.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.