The Daily Shot: 25-Apr-23
• The United States
• The Eurozone
• Europe
• Asia -Pacific
• China
• Emerging Markets
• Cryptocurrency
• Commodities
• Equities
• Credit
• Rates
• Global Developments
• Food for Thought
The United States
1. The Dallas Fed’s regional manufacturing index moved deeper into contraction territory this month.
• Factories are once again reducing workers’ hours.
• Fewer companies expect to be raising wages.
• Very few firms expect an increase in capacity utilization.
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2. Next, we have some updates on the US consumer.
• Consumer deposit balances remain elevated, according to BofA data.
Source: BofA Global Research
• BofA bank deposits signal slower wage growth.
Source: BofA Global Research
• Reliance on credit cards hasn’t increased much (despite the media hype).
Source: BofA Global Research
• But credit card delinquencies are rising.
Source: Goldman Sachs; @MikeZaccardi
• Disposable incomes are outpacing inflation.
Source: Goldman Sachs; @MikeZaccardi
• Here are a couple of updates on excess savings.
Source: The Real Economy Blog
Source: Goldman Sachs
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3. Inflationary pressures continue to ease. (2 charts)
Source: Alpine Macro
Source: Alpine Macro
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4. Pantheon Macroeconomics sees slower declines in residential investment.
Source: Pantheon Macroeconomics
5. Investors are becoming increasingly uneasy with the debt ceiling impasse.
Source: @WSJ Read full article
The 1-year US sovereign credit default swap spread hit another record high.
The Treasury bill curve is highly distorted.
Here is the spread between the 3-month and the 1-month bills.
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The Eurozone
1. Germany’s Ifo Business Expectations index showed further improvement.
Here is the breakdown by sector.
Source: ifo Institute
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2. Another 50 bps rate hike from the ECB?
Source: ForexLive Read full article
The market is pricing in a 60-65% probability of such an outcome.
Here is the Governing Council’s dove/hawk spectrum from Bloomberg Economics.
Source: @WeberAlexander, @economics Read full article
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3. This chart illustrates the manufacturing/services PMI divergence in the Eurozone.
Source: Arcano Economics
4. Housing prices have peaked, which could cool inflationary forces.
Source: BCA Research
Dutch home prices are now down on a year-over-year basis.
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Europe
1. Czech Republic’s economic confidence is rebounding.
2. Poland’s industrial production dipped below last year’s levels.
• Poland’s real retail sales are down sharply year-over-year.
• The core CPI continues to climb.
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3. European stocks keep outperforming.
Source: TS Lombard
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Asia -Pacific
1. Japan’s services PPI declined in March.
2. Singapore’s core inflation has finally peaked.
3. South Korea’s Q1 GDP growth was higher than expected.
Source: @markets Read full article
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4. Taiwan’s industrial production remains depressed relative to last year.
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China
1. Unlike the US and Europe, China’s core CPI remains low while the PPI is deflating.
Source: Alpine Macro
2. Rate cuts ahead?
Source: Scotiabank Economics
Mortgage rates continue to trend lower.
Source: Gavekal Research
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3. Hong Kong’s unemployment keeps falling.
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Emerging Markets
1. Inflation expectations are easing across EM economies.
Source: Capital Economics
2. Mexico’s core inflation is finally slowing.
3. Turkey’s manufacturing confidence is rebounding.
4. This chart shows year-to-date EM fund flows from retail investors.
Source: EPFR
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Cryptocurrency
1. Here is the month-to-date performance of selected cryptocurrencies.
2. Bitcoin’s long-term momentum has improved, which could solidify its broad uptrend this year.
For now, a pullback is likely given strong resistance at the 100-week moving average.
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3. The BTC/ETH price ratio is holding support, favoring bitcoin in the months ahead.
Source: @StocktonKatie
4. Crypto funds saw minor outflows last week, ending a six-week run of inflows.
Source: CoinShares Read full article
Bitcoin funds accounted for most inflows last week, while Ethereum-focused funds saw inflows.
Source: CoinShares Read full article
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5. Bitcoin halvings tend to boost prices.
Source: @sidcoins, @markets Read full article
Source: BeInNews Read full article
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Commodities
1. Goldman sees a substantial upside for industrial metals.
Source: Goldman Sachs; @MikeZaccardi
2. The dislocation of gold prices from real yields looks extreme.
Source: @TheTerminal, Bloomberg Finance L.P.; h/t Walter, @FT
3. The platinum-palladium performance gap continues to widen.
4. US wheat futures remain under pressure.
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Equities
1. It will be a busy few days for earnings reports.
Source: Goldman Sachs
2. The decline in bonds versus stocks appears to be bottoming, which typically happens during shifts in the economic cycle.
Source: Aazan Habib, Paradigm Capital
3. Curve inversion plays a role in equity performance after the last rate hike.
Source: Morgan Stanley Research
4. Deutsche Bank expects S&P 500 defensive sector earnings to return toward trend, which is typical during recessions.
Source: Deutsche Bank Research
5. The decline in US leading indicators points to lower earnings ahead.
Source: Numera Analytics (@NumeraAnalytics)
But equity market sentiment is improving from extreme bearish levels. Have markets priced in a recession?
Source: Numera Analytics (@NumeraAnalytics)
• More companies are seeing improvements in projected revenues and earnings.
Source: Yardeni Research
Here are the month-to-date revisions.
Source: BofA Global Research; @alexandraandnyc, @markets Read full article
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6. Companies with low free-cash-flow yields have been outperforming.
7. This chart shows dividend forecasts by sector from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence
8. Here are the cumulative performance results for SPY on days with above- or below-average trading volume.
Source: Mizuho Securities USA
9. Demand for put options relative to calls continues to climb.
10. The newly-launched index of 1-day implied volatility has diverged from the longer-term indicators (purple = 1-day index, black = 9-day index).
Source: @luwangnyc, @markets Read full article
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Credit
1. Money supply is contracting but remains elevated in real terms and as a percentage of GDP.
Source: MRB Partners
2. Bankruptcies among small private firms have risen sharply.
Source: @business Read full article
Which retail establishments are most vulnerable?
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence
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3. CLOs are absorbing all of the new leveraged loan supply plus a big portion of the secondary market.
Source: Morgan Stanley Research; III Capital Management
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Rates
1. BofA private clients continue to buy bonds.
Source: BofA Global Research
2. The breakdown in the copper/gold ratio points to lower Treasury yields.
Source: Aazan Habib, Paradigm Capital
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Global Developments
1. The Oxford Economics leading indicator signals a rebound in global manufacturing.
Source: Oxford Economics
2. This chart shows leading indicators in selected economies.
Source: Deutsche Bank Research
3. Sovereign bond yields have declined across G10 nations, led by Treasuries. Weaker interest rate differentials could weigh on the dollar.
Source: Alpine Macro
4. Here are ING’s forecasts for DM central banks’ policy rates.
Source: ING
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Food for Thought
1. Google search activity for “artificial intelligence”:
Source: Citi Private Bank
2. AI neural net complexity over time:
Source: Anil Ananthaswamy, Nature
3. AI outperforming human benchmarks:
Source: Goldman Sachs
4. Companies embedding AI in products and processes:
Source: Barclays Research
5. The end of Bed Bath & Beyond:
Source: @chartrdaily
6. Urbanization rates:
Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
7. Will American students return to China?
Source: @WSJ Read full article
8. Most popular pet names:
Source: Genuine Impact
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