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#USD
#EUR
#GBP
#JPY
#AUD
#CNY
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#India
has surpassed
#China
as the world’s most populous nation, according to
@UN
data. Check out this world
#population
bar chart race animation (using
@f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h
data visualization tool).
🇮🇳 India population - 1,428.6 million
🇨🇳China population - 1,425.7 million
🇺🇸
#Fed
's research: US excess savings have been fully depleted, taking a different path than other countries with a rapid increase peaking in 2021Q3 and a quick decrease. Meanwhile, in other advanced foreign economies, the average stock of excess savings will sustain aggregate
🌎22.7% of central banks, mostly in emerging markets like Vietnam 🇻🇳, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, Brazil 🇧🇷, and Chile 🇨🇱, are cutting rates, indicating we're near the end of the global tightening cycle since 2021.
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🇺🇸The U.S. employment diffusion index dropped to 57.8 in November, reaching a new low in over three years. This signifies a decrease in the number of industries experiencing positive job growth.
#NFP
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⚠️🚢 Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) keeps climbing, rising another 6.87% to 3714.32 points. It has now increased for 12 consecutive weeks, reaching its highest level since early 2022.
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🇺🇸🚨 Breaking: After US CPI print (headline 4.9%, core 5.5%, both slightly below consensus), the possibility of another rate hike during the June
#FOMC
meeting is less than 10%. Meanwhile, the market is pricing in a +90% of rate cut at 2023 year end.
🇪🇺Euro Area's economic sentiment hits a new low at 93.3, the lowest since Nov 2020. Manufacturers (-10.3 vs -9.3), services (3.9 vs 5.4), retailers (-5.0 vs -4.5), constructors (-5.2 vs -3.6), and consumers (-16.0 vs -15.1) all experience declining morale.
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🇺🇸US bankruptcy filings have reached crisis level, according to Bloomberg BCY data.
By the way, we used
#ChatGPT
Code Interpreter to create this chart, which we used for data cleaning, pivot analysis, and charting.
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🚨Breaking News! 🇺🇸US 10y2y yield curve reaches its deepest inversion in 42 years!
The spread between 10y2y US Treasury note yields widened to -110.8 bp, the widest since 1981. This inversion surpasses the March levels during the banking crisis.
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🚨Deflation in China🇨🇳: China's Consumer Price Index (
#CPI
) year-on-year growth rate in June dropped to 0% (prev. 0.2%), and Producer Price Index (
#PPI
) year-on-year growth rate dropped to -5.4% (prev. -4.6%).📉
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🚨🇰🇷
#Samsung
's Q2 operating profit drops 96% YoY!
Samsung, the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, reported a huge 96% YoY drop📉 in its Q2 operating profit. The company's estimated profit for April to June fell to 600 billion won ($458 million), down from 14.1
🚨
#BofA
Global Fund Manager Survey (FMS)
Broad measure of
#FMS
sentiment, based on cash positions,
#equity
allocation, and
#economic
growth expectations, has largely improved and is now at the least
#bearish
level since Feb’22.
🚨Taiwan's export orders continue to decline for the 10th straight month with a 25% drop in June, mainly due to weak demand & inventory adjustments. Electronic products (including
#semiconductors
) hit hard with a YoY decline of -22% (prev. -16.6%).
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⚠️Breaking! 🇨🇳China's new home prices slide sharply by 3.9% YoY in March📉, marking the steepest drop in since 2015. This prolonged decline, persisting for 11 consecutive months, showcases challenges amid Beijing's measures to counter a struggling property market.
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🚨Deflation in China🇨🇳! China's Consumer Price Index (
#CPI
) year-on-year growth rate in June dropped to -0.3% (prev. 0%), and Producer Price Index (
#PPI
) year-on-year growth rate dropped to -4.4% (prev. -5.4%).📉
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🇺🇸🚨One of the most important economic leading indicators, Heavy Weight Trucks Sales, reached a historic high in July, indicating that the US economy is still strong—at least for now.
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🇺🇸Upcoming release of US Headline
#CPI
is expected to tumble to 3.1% YoY in June from 4.0%. However, the latter half of the year is full of uncertainty, as inflation's annual growth rate trend will reverse if inflation continues to grow at a pace of over 0.2% MoM.
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🇯🇵Japan's Tokyo core CPI YoY rose to 4.0% in July, the highest since 1982.
CPI 3.2% (est. 2.8%, prev.3.2%)
Core CPI (excl. energy and food) 4.0% (prev. 3.8%)
⚠️Nikkei Asia:
#BOJ
to discuss YCC tweak to allow rates over 0.5% (keep current cap while taking flexible approach)
🚨🇪🇺 Based on ECB (2019) model, we calculated Eurozone's recession probability based on real money supply and term spread. With real M1 YoY down to -12.5% in May and German yield curve at its most inverted since '92, the chance of a recession in the next 12 months has skyrocketed
🇪🇺€476.8 billion of TLTRO loans are due on June 28, which is expected to accelerate the decline in the European Central Bank's balance sheet reduction pace. ECB has shrunk its balance sheet by €1.1tn, while the Federal Reserve reduced by $0.6tn.
#ECB
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🇰🇷 One of the global economic leading indicators, South Korea's exports, surged to $54.8 billion in January 2024, marking an 18% year-on-year increase, the strongest in 20 months. This surge, primarily driven by a 56.2% jump 🚀 in semiconductor sales, exceeded expectations and
📈Taiwan's export orders in May showed a year-on-year increase of -17.6% (previously -18.1%), indicating a continued decline but no further deterioration. Orders for electronic products slightly improved to -16.6% (compared to -21.9% previously).
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🇺🇸US Initial jobless claims has increased by 43.4% from its 3-year low point.
Continuing jobless claims also increased by 36.3% from its 3-year low point.
🚨
#Recessions
always followed whenever this data has reached this level.
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🚨🇪🇺 Based on ECB (2019) model, we calculated Eurozone's recession probability based on real money supply and term spread. With real M1 YoY down to -14.5% in July and yield curve near its most inverted since '92, the probability of a recession in the next 12 months has
🇹🇼 A leading indicator for global stock markets—Taiwan's exports year-on-year (YoY) saw a significant increase in June 2024📈, rising to 23.50% from 3.50% in May 2024. This marks the highest level of export growth since February 2022.
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🇨🇳China's weak PMI data released today raises concerns for global manufacturing recovery prospects.
China Credit Impulse has historically led the global manufacturing cycle by 6-12 months. Maybe this time is different?
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🇺🇸Nearly 90% of yield curves are now inverted, hitting a new high since 2000! 📈
Inverted yield curves often find resolution when the
#Fed
steps in and cuts interest rates.
📊Data:
🌎ChatGPT's Momentum Slows: ChatGPT's website traffic showed impressive growth in early 2023: 131.6%, 62.5%, and 55.8% for Jan, Feb, and Mar.
However, growth slowed significantly in Apr to 12.6% and further dropped to 2.8% in May. By Jun 24, visitor count was 27% less 📉than
🇺🇸US non-farm payrolls growth remains strong, but credit survey data suggests a sustained decline in employment may be on the horizon. Will this time be different?
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🇪🇺🚨Eurozone data for July looks awful, but if historical patterns hold, the significant drop in M1 suggests that PMI data will deteriorate further.
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🇺🇸Due to resilient consumer spending, J.P. Morgan predicts that the excess savings accumulated in the United States after the pandemic will be depleted by October of this year.
🇺🇸US bankruptcy filings are increasing 🚀despite unexpectedly calm financial stress, according to monthly data from Bloomberg's BCY function.
Perhaps financial stress index provides a more accurate reflection of the current market situation, and the surge in bankruptcy filings is
🚨🇨🇳China's exports plunge 14.5% YoY, hitting the sharpest decline since Feb 2020 (June: -12.4%). The figures fall short of the expected 12.5% drop, indicating a global demand slowdown.
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⚠️Tokyo's inflation dropped to 1.8% from 2.6%, far below the expected 2.6%. Excluding food and energy, it slowed to 1.8% from 2.9%, the lowest since Sep 2022. Tokyo's data often predicts national trends, with Japan's CPI due in three weeks. Despite the $JPY's weakness, the
#BOJ
🇨🇳China’s deflation issue intensifies⚠️:
November 2023 saw a 0.5% YoY drop in CPI, surpassing the previous month’s 0.2% fall and defying market expectations of a 0.1% decrease. This marks the sharpest decline in consumer prices since November 2020.
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🇯🇵💴US/Japan 10Y bond yield spread has been narrowing over the past month, but the yen has weakened ( $USDJPY up). This suggests that even though
#BoJ
is set to implement QT, boosting bond rates, it hasn’t increased demand for the yen.
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🇺🇸
@sffed
: Excess savings are all gone.
Recent revisions by BEA reveal lower household disposable income and higher personal consumption in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. Accumulated excess savings, estimated at $2.1 trillion by Aug 2021 (peak), have now dipped below pre-pandemic trend.
🇯🇵🚨
#BOJ
offers to purchase 10-year JGBs at 1% every business day through fixed-rate operations, unless no bids are submitted.
⚠️10-year JGB yield surges to 0.57%!
🇩🇪German industrial production index dropped 2.5% MoM in May 2024, hitting its lowest level since June 2020 and returning to global financial crisis levels. 📉
#MM
🌎After the interest rate cuts by the central banks of Sweden and Brazil this week, 38.7% of central banks globally have initiated rate cuts.
🇧🇷 Brazil: 10.50% (-25 bp) on 2024/5/9
🇸🇪 Sweden: 3.75% (-25 bp) on 2024/5/8
🇨🇿 Czechia: 5.25% (-50 bp) on 2024/5/2
🇭🇺 Hungary: 7.75%
🇺🇸
#Fed
's balance sheet decreased by $50.4B this week, representing a total decline 📉of $347.9B since the Banking Crisis in March. 📍
📊Fed lending outstanding
#decreased
📉 to 285.7 from $288.7B previously.
1) Discount window lending fell 📉 to $3.97
🚨🇪🇺Based on ECB (2019) model, we calculated
#Eurozone
recession probabilities using real money supply and term spread. With real M1 YoY dropping to -12% in April, the probability of a recession in the next 12 months has surged to over 95%.
🇨🇳China's GDP deflator YTD growth dropped to -0.62% in 1H 2023, hitting its lowest point since 2009. ⚠️This indicates a rising risk of
#deflation
in China and suggests that China's nominal GDP is lower than its real GDP.
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🇯🇵Japan's 10-year OIS breaks through 1.0% for the first time since January this year, while the 10-year government bond yield approaches the 0.8% level.
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#BOJ
#MOF
🇺🇸
@WellsFargo
: Consumer Enters Stall Speed
“We estimate households have a little over $500B in excess savings remaining, which amounts to about seven months of spending power based on the prior six-month rate of drawdown.”
🇺🇸The share of US imports from 🇨🇳China has dropped to 15%📉, the lowest level since 2006. The 🇪🇺EU has once again become the largest import source for the US.
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🇹🇼🇺🇸🇨🇳 | U.S. is set to surpass China as Taiwan's largest export partner. Friend-shoring and the formation of the Chip 4 Alliance have led to a significant boost, raising the U.S.'s share of Taiwan's total exports to 27% — the highest since 1998.
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🇺🇸Nonfarm payrolls have shown strong growth recently, but history suggests that they typically decline 12 months after the 10y and 3m yield curve inversion. Will this time be any different?
#NFP
🇺🇸Banks' lending standard is a leading indicator of credit conditions, according to
#Fed
's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (
#SLOOS
).
What is SLOOS and how to use it to monitor the credit market?
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🚨🇪🇺Eurozone Citigroup Economic Surprise Index has plummeted 📉 to -132, a level only seen during the 2008 GFC and the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.
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🇺🇸US ISM Services Prices Index leads core inflation by about 6 months. With slowing service demand, service inflation is expected to decline 📉 in the coming months.
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🚨🇹🇼Taiwan's June exports saw the biggest YoY drop since 2009 at -23.4% (prev. -14.1%), while Integrated Circuit exports accelerated their decline to -20.8% (prev. -8.0%).
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🇹🇼Taiwan's version of de-risking, as Taiwan starts shifting its supply chains from China to Southeast Asia, orders received by Taiwan from Southeast Asia officially surpassed those received from China in October.
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❓Sahm Rule Recession Indicator has risen to 0.43%, nearing the 0.5% recession signal. However, a cooling labor market doesn't mean immediate stock market shifts. Historically, markets rally on the prospect of Fed easing, leading to "liquidity-driven rallies."
#AskMacroMicro
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🇺🇸 May
#FOMC
minutes just came out. Fed officials do not seem to agree on how much more tightening is necessary going forward. Quick highlights below👇
"Inflation was unacceptably high...data through March indicated that declines in inflation, particularly... core inflation, had
🇺🇸
#Fed
's balance sheet decreased 📉 by $21.1 billion this week, returning to pre-banking crisis levels.
📍
📊Fed lending outstanding fell 📉 to 274.6B from $278.2B previously.
1) Discount window lending remained at $3.2B.
2) Foreign repo remained at 0.
🚨🇪🇺Eurozone GDP unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% on quarter in Q1 2023, defying earlier estimates of a modest 0.1% growth. Revised data for Q4 2022 now also shows a 0.1% decline, indicating the Eurozone has entered a minor technical
#recession
📉.
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🇺🇸US Banks' tightening standards lead loan growth by about 5 quarters, signaling that a decline in loan growth is just about to begin.
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🇺🇸US Initial jobless claims has increased by 44% from its 3-year low point.
Continuing jobless claims also increased by 38% from its 3-year low point.
🚨
#Recessions
always followed whenever this data has reached this level.
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⚠️Breaking! 🇯🇵Japan's largest labor union, Rengo, announces initial outcomes of spring wage negotiations. A remarkable average total wage increase of 5.28% 🚀has been achieved, marking the highest surge in over three decades, surpassing last year's growth rate of 3.8%.
#MM
🇺🇸The slope of US Phillips curve, an inverse relationship between unemployment & inflation, has steepened since pandemic, compare to the last few decades. Implication?
#Fed
may need to sacrifice the economy and see ~6% unemployment in order to bring CPI back to 2% target.
⚠️Breaking! US GDP Growth Revised Lower: The US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 1.3% in Q1 2024, down from the initial estimate of 1.6%, and significantly lower than the 3.4% growth recorded in Q4 2023.
#MM
🇺🇸Nonfarm payrolls have shown strong growth recently, but history suggests that they typically decline 12 months after the 10-year and 3-month yield curve inversion. Will this time be any different?
🇺🇸US CDS reaches 15-year peak 🚨 following Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's statement that without Congress raising or suspending the debt limit, the US may not be able to meet its financial obligations by June 1.
#Xday
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🇺🇸
#Fed
's balance sheet increased 📈 by $3.47B this week, marking the first rise since 3/29. The addition of items such as BTFP played a major role in this increase.
📍
📊Fed lending outstanding
#increased
📈 to 288.6 from $285.7B previously.
1) Discount
🇺🇸🚨 US government interest payments have reached a record high, leading to concerns about its fiscal health. In response to these developments, Fitch downgraded the US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+.
🇺🇸US Banks' tightening standards lead loan growth by about 5 quarters, signaling that a decline in loan growth is just about to begin.
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🚨🇪🇺 Based on
#ECB
(2019) model, we calculated Eurozone's recession probability based on real money supply and term spread. With real M1 YoY down to -13.5% in June and German yield curve at its most inverted since '92, the chance of a recession in the next 12 months has
🇺🇸US Average Weekly Working Hours have dropped to 34.3, reaching a new low since 2020. Typically, businesses tend to reduce working hours first before resorting to layoffs.
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