BoJ’s effective control over JGB yields at 0.5% helped propel stocks to new highs in July. JGB yields are climbing after the YCC shift on Friday, but Japanese real yields…
Change to YCC in Japan, with new effective yield cap of +1.0% on 10-year JGB. JGB yields jumped, but there is a long way to go. Indeed, the yen has…
TIPS yields are headed even higher: this is the takeaway from last week’s strong economic data. The labour market is getting tighter. Real incomes are rising. US growth is accelerating:…
The y/y for real GDP growth accelerated in Q2 on the back of stronger services. This was in part due to base effects: the s.a. q/q rate slowed from 2.2%…
Relief at drop in headline inflation tempered by slow progress on core: food price hikes slow, as supermarkets and food manufacturers come under the spotlight for ‘greedflation’. Input costs are…
Much better inflation numbers helped Treasuries to rally, and longer-end has held on to most of these gains. Shorter-end has retraced somewhat. But real yields have fallen across the curve…
The frequency and intensify of shocks hitting the global economy has risen over the past two decades. Governments have repeatedly stepped in to act as ‘insurers of last resort’. With…
