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Preparing for the FOMC meeting results and selling oilYesterday for financial markets started with rather positive information: for the first time in 2020, China showed an increase in retail sales. However, this positive is easily broken by the news about the second lockdown in Israel, the expectation of a second wave of the pandemic in the UK and the general statistics on the number of cases in the world. The fundamental background in the oil market is getting gloomier every day. As if there were not enough problems like price discounts from Saudi Arabia, increased fears about the recovery in demand for oil, a decrease in imports of oil products from China and an increase in oil reserves in the United States last week. The week started with a new negative. Yesterday we already discussed the negative projections of OPEC and British BP, and today they were supplemented by forecasts from the International Energy Agency (reduced own forecasts for growth in demand for oil in the fourth quarter by 600K b / d) and Trafigura Group (the second largest oil trader in world, warning that the oil market is again close to a surplus). To conclude, sell remains the only reasonable option for trading with oil, in our opinion. But with some reservations: another hurricane threatens floods on the US coast, which has already led to the shutdown of a number of oil refineries (production of offshore oil and gas in the US has been cut by a quarter). And the data from the API showed a sharp decline in US oil stocks (by 9.5 million). Wednesday is interesting primarily by the results of the FOMC meeting. We expect for the details of inflation targeting based on average inflation. Recall that the chair of the Fed, Jerome Powell, at a symposium in Jackson Hole announced the transition to a new benchmark in inflation targeting, but at the same time there were no details provided about how the FED will calculate the average inflation rate, for what period, whether a simple average or weighted average will be used, etc. Answers to these questions will give an understanding of the potential speed of the Fed's reaction to changes in inflationary processes in the United States and, accordingly, it will be possible to more clearly understand the future actions of the Central Bank. Also, do not forget about the data on retail sales in the United States, which will also be published today.
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Mega Deals, Vaccines and the Doom of the Oil MarketFinancial markets started the week in rather high spirits. The growth of positive sentiments was facilitated by the mega-deals news. First of all, we are talking about NVIDIA's agreement to buy the British chip designer Arm from the Japanese SoftBank Group Corp for $ 40 billion. And although there is still ages before the deal is completed (it will take about 18 months to agree on the deal: it must be approved by the United States, China, Great Britain and the European Union) , it may well change the balance of power in the global semiconductor market. In addition, Oracle said that together with the Chinese ByteDance, they will ensure the functioning of TikTok in the United States. Thus, Microsoft has lost the war. Finally, Gilead Sciences has offered to pay $ 21 billion for the biotech company Immunomedics. Information from AstraZeneca about the restoration of the third phase of trials, as well as from Pfizer about the start of the third phase and the promise of the head of the company by the end of October to provide a vaccine ready for production, also contributed to the positive background. It should be noted that the markets traditionally work out not actual news, but future expectations. Because from the “here and now” position, there are no particular reasons for buying. The situation with the pandemic on a global scale continues to worsen, which increases the risks of a second or third wave. And this problem is here and now. Besides, here and now it is unsolvable. Among those who have been consistently unlucky lately is the oil market. OPEC published its monthly report and extremely disappointed oil buyers with the forecasts for global oil demand (expected at 90.2 mb / d, which is 0.4 mb / d lower than previous estimates). And if we add to this the revision of the British BP's strategic forecasts for the peak of oil demand the situation looks even worse. BP expects in the middle of this decade, that the demand for oil will reach its peak, after that it will begin to decline for a long time (oil will be gradually replaced by alternative energy sources). So, in the long run oil market in its current form is doomed.
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Week in a Glance: Trump, ECB, Brexit, Tesla and AstraZenecaThe past week turned out to be quite eventful with all sorts of fundamental events. Starting with the next portion of threats from Trump, ending with the Brexit problems and the ECB meeting. President Donald Trump said he is going to "end" US dependence on China and threatened to punish any American company that creates jobs overseas, as well as to impose "massive tariffs" on imports from China. So now it seems that whoever wins the presidential race (Biden or Trump), the result will not be good for the US stock market. In this light, Tesla's anti-record (the company lost about $ 80 billion in market value on Tuesday) can be considered a kind of warning. But Tesla isn't the only problem. The UK internal market bill has provoked an ultimatum from the EU (and rejected it), and the likelihood of the Brexit negotiations failing has reached its maximum. The pound, accordingly, moved to the minimum levels. The ECB meeting could potentially change a lot in the foreign exchange market, but in fact the parameters of monetary policy were left unchanged, as well as economic outlook in Europe. Although the issue of the euro exchange rate was raised, the Central Bank is not planning to do anything with it so far. So, nothing has been changed dramatically. The US stimulus package continues to be the main concern for US investors. Democrats on Thursday failed a vote on a Republican stimulus package. Global vaccine race leader AstraZeneca has suspended its COVID-19 clinical trials around the world due to an adverse reaction in a trial participant in the United Kingdom. This potentially means we will see the coronavirus vaccine a month or two later. The oil market was also not happy: Saudi Arabia announced the deepest monthly decline in prices for supplies to Asia in five months, and optimism about the recovery in demand decreased amid the peak of the pandemic. So, oil prices were under strong downward pressure. As for the upcoming week, it will be interesting primarily for the meetings of the Fed and the Bank of England. As well as a block of data on retail sales for almost all key countries of the world. In addition, we will follow the news on Brexit and the situation with the pandemic.
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ECB, jobless claims, US stimulus, Brexit and oil stocksIn terms of news, yesterday was a pretty busy day. And although the world has not turned upside down at the end of the day, it is still worth analyzing what was happening. The main event of the day is the ECB meeting and its decision on the parameters of monetary policy. That is, the markets did not expect any changes, but the latest inflation data pushed the Central Bank to at least additional comments. The parameters of monetary policy were left unchanged. At the same time, the ECB left its own forecasts for economic growth in Europe unchanged. Let us remind, on Wednesday Bloomberg disseminated information that the ECB may improve its outlook. The main positive for the euro was the lack of comments on the use of regulation of the euro exchange rate as one of the instruments of monetary policy. Many feared that the ECB might devalue the euro in order to unwind the inflationary spiral. To sum up, the universe of the euro has not changed by and large. Weekly data on jobless claims traditionally aroused increased interest among financial market participants yesterday. This is understandable - they need a signal that the economy is recovering and has not fallen into a depression. Initial and continuing claims came out worse than expected and showed that the labor market continues to experience problems. In addition, the day for buyers in the US stock market was darkened by a lack of progress between Republicans and Democrats on a new stimulus package for the US economy. What's more, Democrats yesterday flunked a vote on the Republican stimulus package. The day turned out to be extremely gloomy for the pound, as the next round of Brexit talks failed. Meanwhile, the situation on the oil market remains tense and rather uncertain. According to API data, US oil reserves increased by almost 3 million barrels over the week. Official figures from EIA showed an increase of 2 million barrels. This signal is definitely negative for buyers in the oil market.
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Unlucky week, ECB decision and contango in the oil marketFor many (at least for buyers in the US stock market and in the oil market), the current week has not been the most successful. But as is often the case, one thing follows the other. Looks like the fall in US stock indices and Trump's threats were not enough. This time, India and China contributed to the creation of the most gloomy fundamental backdrop. Sides have already moved on to fire clashes on the disputed border. In addition, AstraZeneca (the leader of the global vaccine race) has suspended the third phase of trials around the world due to an adverse reaction in one of the participants in the United Kingdom. Today the unemployment data in the US may continue the losing streak. In addition, the ECB may surprise the markets with its economic outlook, as well as with the comments on euro exchange rate. Traditionally, Brexit negotiations have been tough. Since the sides have reached the home stretch, the rates have been increased as much as possible and everyone is waiting for someone to sit out. Markets are increasingly being discounted for a possible failure, which naturally puts pressure on the British pound. And if the hopes of buyers of the pound are that the sides will agree, then in the oil market they are more likely associated with the differential between spot and futures prices, which indicates the presence of contango (the price of an oil futures is higher than the current price on the market), which means , the prospects for earnings on oil storage are opening up. This may provide some support to oil prices.
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Trump threatens, Europe is withering, prices are fallingThe main event that determined the dynamics in the financial markets yesterday was Trump's announcement that he was going to "end" US dependence on China. As an option for the practical implementation of the thesis, the threat to punish every American company that creates jobs abroad was voiced. And of course, us usual, tariff threats were declared. Considering that the markets finished last week in a disassembled state (stock markets were falling, as well as oil prices), such statements only worsened the situation. As a result, the Fear Index jumped 15%, and the US stock market continued to form a correctional wave, which risks turning into full-fledged selloff and a bubble collapse. Europe and Japan, meanwhile, reported results of the second quarter GDP revision. In both cases, the data were formally revised upwards, but overall the data confirmed that the economic situation in the second quarter was unprecedentedly bad. In general, Europe is in a bad shape. The second wave of the pandemic, apparently, is set seriously with all the consequences for the Eurozone economy. So, perhaps, the ECB will not have to intervene in the dynamics of the euro, it will fall on its own. However, the risk of the ECB's interference in the fate of the euro will worry the FOREX participants until Thursday. So, it's not worth buying the euro yet. Even against the British pound, which in the last week is desperately trying to discount the possible failure of negotiations with the EU and a "hard" Brexit. The British announcement that they are already preparing to exit without a trade agreement was made just before the start of the next round of negotiations. A great start for constructive negotiations.
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Oil failures, Softbank and Tesla problems, Johnson's ultimatumIt seems that with the recent jumps in the US stock market, everything has become completely clear (in fact, no). Softbank was chosen as the last resort (it turned out to be the main buyer of US tech stocks), using options to generate short-term, highly leveraged profits. Well Softbank has become a clear example of what happens to buyers in an overvalued market: its shares fell 7.2% on Monday to their lowest level in two months. And it is far from the fact that this is the bottom. Tesla has been plagued by problems too. Buyers' hopes that the company would be included in the SP500 index were dashed after the index committee did not add an electric car manufacturer to the SP500. So the bears have every chance to build on their current success and drive the company's shares to $ 200 or below. At the start of the week, the British pound was under strong downward pressure. The reason is Boris Johnson's ultimatum: Great Britain is ready to withdraw from the negotiation process if there will be no serious breakthrough in it in the nearest future. The week for oil did not start well. Despite a rather strong decline in US oil inventories last week, the number of active drilling rigs in the US showed insignificant growth. In addition, Saudi Arabia has sharply reduced its oil prices for Asian buyers (the maximum decline in the last 5 months). Well, the situation in the world economy after the failures of India and Australia last week continues to indicate that a quick recovery in oil demand should not be expected. That is, the current fundamental background for oil is rather gloomy, which means that sales should be preferred.
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Week in Glance: India and Australia, deflation and NFPLast week kicked off with the fact that the S&P 500 ended its best August since 1986. Well, the week ended with the biggest two-day fall in the Nasdaq Index since March. And it is far from the fact that the worst is over for buyers. Rather, on the contrary, the collapse of the bubble may become full-fledged with all that it implies. We have already talked many times about the huge fundamental divergence that formed between the dynamics of prices in the US stock market and its economy. Statistics on the US labor market once again showed that a quick economic recovery should not be expected, which means that the divergence can be eliminated only due to a strong decline in prices in the stock market. The data on the Australia GDP (decreased by 7% in the second quarter, and the country officially entered a state of recession) and India (the drop in GDP in the second quarter was 23.9%, which was the biggest in the entire history of observations) reminded that the economic crisis - this is not a local problem of the United States, but a global one, so external forces are unlikely to help the USA. Another important event of the past week was the information about deflation in the Eurozone. Which provoked the comments of the ECB chief economist that the exchange rate is an important component of monetary policy. Markets took this as a signal of a possible devaluation of the euro. Considering that the next ECB meeting will take place this week, it is likely that the current week will not be the easiest for the euro. In addition, revised GDP data for Japan, Eurozone and Great Britain will be published this week, so volatility spikes in currency pairs with the Japanese yen, euro and pound are also very likely. As for the general situation in the foreign exchange market, the dollar is still under pressure. Despite the heroic retention of 92.20 support line, the downtrend still prevails and while the Dollar Index is below 93.60 its upside potential is limited. Accordingly, we will use any growth of the dollar for now as an opportunity for better sell points.
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Brexit problems, NFP in focus, vaccination dateThe dollar continued to recover yesterday in the foreign exchange market, but for the transition to a full-fledged correction, the Dollar Index needs to strengthen above 93.60. And for this, in turn, today's data on the US labor market should at least not disappoint. But this is doubtful. ADP figures were two times lower than forecasted, the number of jobless claims in August averaged around 1 million on initial applications and 14 million on continuous ones, a consistently weak component of the labor market in basic business activity indices, an increase in the number of bankruptcies - absolutely everything indicates that the US labor market continues to be in bad shape. So, the expectations of an increase in the number of new jobs outside of agriculture by 1.4-1.5 million, in our opinion, is an overly optimistic estimate. Accordingly, we would not be in a hurry to buy the dollar today. On the contrary, the current dollar growth is a good opportunity for its sales. At least as long as the Dollar Index is below 93.60 and the NFP numbers come out weak enough. Among other news, it is worth noting another unsuccessful week of negotiations between the EU and the UK. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said he was “worried and disappointed” with the UK's approach to the talks and said there was no progress. All of this is fueling fears that the UK will exit the bloc in January without a deal. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meanwhile, notified states that they should be ready to distribute the vaccine by November 1. In their opinion, the chosen date is needed to ensure that the infrastructure is in place to distribute any treatment when it becomes available. As a reminder, none of the experimental vaccines have yet completed trials. The US stock market yesterday showed the maximum decline since June. Possibly the bubble collapse process has begun.
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Australian GDP, ADP figures and ECB doubtsYesterday started with the recognition that 28 years of economic growth in Australia has officially come to an end. In the second quarter, Australia's GDP fell by 7%, which was the largest decline in history. Considering that in the first quarter, the country's GDP fell by 0.3%, one can congratulate the Australian economy on the transition to a recession. Meanwhile, the ECB seems to be seriously concerned about the strengthening of the euro (after all, after such inflationary data - recall that at the end of August deflation was recorded in the Eurozone - this is no wonder). At least the ECB chief economist Philip Lane noted that the exchange rate matters for monetary policy. In theory, the ECB could try to devalue the euro locally in order to accelerate inflation without cutting rates or expanding its quantitative easing program. Another important event yesterday, which is especially important in anticipation of Friday's statistics on the US labor market, was the employment data from the ADP. Analysts predicted an increase in the indicator by 1000K, in fact, the growth was 428K. And although the figure itself is several times higher than the average pre-pandemic values, it was below forecast more than twice which is likely a reason for disappointment. Nevertheless, it is not worth making any conclusions and projections on the NFP figures, because statistically, the relationship between the indicators (NFP and ADP): it is direct, but not strong enough (about 20-25%). From other news, we note the lack of progress in negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on a new stimulus package (although Treasury Minister Mnuchin emphasized the urgency of this issue and its extreme importance), as well as Biden's leadership in the presidential race. Both of these factors are rather negative for the US stock market, so we continue to consider its current growth unreasonable and out of touch with reality.
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Dollar problems, deflation in Europe and recovery in GermanyMost of the Tuesday dollar was under the pressure, having already lost more than 10% from the March highs. Powell's speech last Thursday was essentially a declaration that ultra-soft monetary policy in the United States will last for a long time. Which, in turn, is an exclusively bearish signal for the dollar. So yesterday's walk of the Dollar Index below 92 can be considered logical and rational. At the same time, its further prospects look extremely gloomy: difficult situation with the pandemic, riots and all those BLM issues, the lack of a new stimulus program, uncertainty with the results of the presidential elections, the failure of the economy in the second quarter and the unclear pace of its recovery in the foreseeable future are only a small part of the dollar's problems. This weakness in the dollar, in turn, partially explains why gold is near $2000 and why the US stock market makes new all-time highs every day. By the way this August was the best for the SP500 since 1986 (!). The first deflation in the last 4 years was recorded in the Eurozone. Considering that the GDP of the Eurozone in the second quarter decreased by more than 10%, this signal is rather pessimistic, indicating a potential transition of the recession into an economic depression. Nevertheless, euro yesterday came close to the level of 1.20 paired with the dollar. The reason for this was both the general weakness of the dollar and the statements from the German Government that by the end of 2020 the country's GDP will decrease not by 6.3%, as was expected earlier, but "only" by 5.8%. Although the word "only" is hardly appropriate to describe this situation. At the same time, a return to the pre-pandemic level is expected no earlier than 2022.
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India failure, Tesla-Apple split, dollar's worst AugustIndia can be considered the main anti-hero of yesterday in the world. On the one hand, it is clearly going to become the first in the world in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus, in any case, there is every chance to take second place, if not this week, then the next, because the number of new cases per day has reached 80K. On the other hand, India's GDP data for the second quarter showed the worst results in the last 8 years. Analysts had expected a fall in GDP of -18.3% against a rise of 3.1% in the first quarter. In fact, the decline was 23.9%. The figure is so terrible in itself that it needs no further comment. Also, analysts expect India's GDP to fall in the third (8.1%) and fourth (1%) quarters. That is, a recession in the Indian economy is inevitable, and a quick recovery in the foreseeable future is unlikely. India is the fifth largest economy in the world, which, moreover, had the highest growth rates during the latest years and, in fact, dragged on itself the world economy as a whole. So, the news is extremely negative. As for other events, for the US stock market these are, perhaps, splits of Apple (4 to 1) and Tesla (5 to 1) shares. Considering that the rise in prices for the shares of both companies is largely related to the hype, it is quite logical that after this high PRed move the shares showed growth. However, it in no way negates the fact that Apple is completely overbought and the Tesla has created a big price bubble. As for the results of August for the FOREX, we note that it has become the worst August for the dollar over the past 5 years. Nevertheless, the Dollar Index, despite all the fundamental negativity around itself, has come close to the rebound point, so it is too early to write it off completely.
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Week in a Glance: Powell, Abe's resignation, Hurricane Laura etcThe main event of the past week in terms of medium-term price dynamics in financial markets was the speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at the annual symposium in Jackson Hole. Now inflation targeting in the US will be based on "average inflation". That is, now the Fed will not immediately react when inflation exceeds the 2% target, but will monitor the average inflation rate, reacting in this way much later. Thus, Powell made it clear to the financial markets that ultra-soft monetary policy in the United States is for a long time. This is a negative signal for the dollar. As for the stock markets, this news is extremely positive for them, especially against the backdrop of a possible alternative in the form of statements on tightening monetary policy. Which, however, does not negate the fact of a huge fundamental divergence between prices in the US stock market and the economic reality that has developed as a result of the pandemic. The revised US GDP data was released on Thursday. Although the decline rates were revised upward (up to -31.9%), the data generally confirmed the failure of the world's largest economy. Another landmark event, at least for Japan, was the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The event caught the financial markets by surprise. The yen strengthened on Friday amid fears of political uncertainty in Japan. Hurricane Laura, which caused so much noise in fact, limited itself to relatively small losses, and most importantly, the oil workers have already begun to return to work. So, oil sales this week continue to be a hot trade idea. The main fundamental positive was the news about the negotiations between the US and China on the progress of the implementation of Phase 1 of the trade agreement between the countries. Despite all the negativity that has recently accompanied relations between the United States and China, the sides expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the agreement, which largely reassured investors. The main event of the coming week will be the publication of statistics on the US labor market. We do not expect much positive news, because the situation with the pandemic in August in the United States, although it improved, was very difficult.
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Average inflation targeting, Laura and US GDPFundamentally, yesterday was exceptionally busy. The main event was without a doubt the speech by the head of the Fed, Jerome Powell, at the annual symposium in Jackson Hole. Recall that the Fed faced an extremely unpleasant dilemma in case of an increase in inflation: keep on saving the economy and violate its basic function or to regulate inflation, but sacrificing the economy. In the previous report, we noted that the way out of this situation is the inflation target in the form of “average inflation”. In fact, Powell announced the transition to this. That is, now the Fed will not immediately react when inflation exceeds the 2% target, but will monitor the average inflation rate, reacting in this way much later. What does this mean? That ultra-soft monetary policy will last. This is a negative signal for the dollar. But the inability of sellers to push the Dollar Index against the background of this information leaves its buyers hopeful. As for the stock markets, this news is extremely positive for them, especially against the backdrop of a possible alternative in the form of statements on tightening monetary policy. Quite a lot of important macroeconomic statistics were released yesterday. First of all, we are talking about the revised value of the US GDP for the second quarter. No miracle happened. The GDP of the world's largest economy has indeed fallen by more than 30%. Initial jobless claims above 1 mln only exacerbated the effect. Hurricane Laura, meanwhile, hit the US coast. The real scale of the destruction will most likely become clear after the weekend. But it has already been downgraded from a Category 4 hurricane to a tropical storm, so, as we warned, everything is heading towards the fact that the United States will mostly get off with fright.
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Powell's Dilemma, Laura's 4th Category and jobless claimsToday, all the attention of the financial markets will be focused on the speech of the head of the Fed, Jerome Powell, at the online version of the annual symposium in Jackson Hole. The fact is that the Fed in the foreseeable future may face a dilemma: if inflation rises, the Central Bank should intervene and tighten monetary policy (raise rates, cut quantitative easing, etc.), but in the current environment, when the economy is experiencing a deepest crisis since the Great Recession (often used to refer to the 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis), this can make matters worse. So, everyone is waiting for the Fed's position on this issue. A compromise option is to temporarily move away from the inflation target in favor of, for example, “average inflation”. This will give the Central Bank time to maneuver, freeing it from the obligation to respond as quickly as possible. In addition, deflation is a potential problem for the Fed, which, coupled with falling GDP, creates preconditions for the economy to go into a depression. In this case, the Fed should use additional monetary stimulus, for example, yield curve control, additional quantitative easing program, moving rates into the negative zone, etc. In total, Powell's speech may well become historical. This, in turn, can provoke an increase in volatility in the financial markets. In the meantime, hurricane Laura got the fourth category and threatens with great destruction and losses. According to experts it can cost about $18 billion, and this is not counting the possible closure of oil refineries for months. However, a more likely scenario is that there will be no catastrophic consequences and everything will quickly return to normal. This means that the growth of oil prices still remains an opportunity for more expensive sales. A telephone call between the US and China appears to have benefited the trade agreement between the countries. At least according to sources, China plans to buy record volumes of soybeans from the United States this year. Today, data on jobless claims in the United States will be published, which is the earliest indicator of the state of the labor market in the United States.
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USA vs China, Laura and Oil, German GDP and business expectationThe main event of yesterday was the telephone talks on the review of the Phase 1 of the trade agreement between the United States and China. Recall that the negotiations were supposed to take place on August 15, but then Trump had another exacerbation of his relationship with China, so he decided to postpone the meeting. But yesterday the meeting took place. And judging by the comments of the parties, it turned out to be quite constructive, or at least not destructive. The sides are ready to comply with the agreement, at least in words. In this regard, the dollar was as usual under the downward pressure, but without the development of a local trend. So, our position is still unchanged: for intraday purposes hourly oscillators can be used and trading can be done without obvious preferences in direction. But at the same time, the dollar should still be sold more aggressively, and be bought from conservative points. In the oil market, news of hurricanes and the shutdown of oil and gas production on the coast line pushes oil prices up. According to the latest information, about 82% of oil production facilities and about 57% of gas production facilities have already been closed on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Note that hurricane Marco has already lost its strength, but Laura is set up quite seriously. Given that hurricane season is a traditional event in the area, and also extremely temporary, we continue to see this growth in oil prices as an opportunity for better entry points to sell oil. The revised GDP data for Germany was released yesterday. The outbreak of the epidemic in Europe greatly worried investors, so economic data from Germany was important for them to calm down. We can say that they got what they needed. The GDP decline rate was revised for the better from 10.1% to 9.7%. Ifo's business confidence index also improved slightly. So EURUSD drops below 1.18 is a good buying opportunity within the day.
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Dollar doubts, strategists, hurricanes and vaccine hopesYesterday was not very rich in both important events and any pronounced price movements in the financial markets. The dollar, which was weak during the European session, began to recover during the American one. But in the end, any additional clarity in its dynamics did not appear. In this regard, there are some hopes for a speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at the annual symposium in Jackson Hole. Before that, while the Dollar Index has not left the range of 92.50-93.70, we do not expect for any local trend. Plus the factor of the outcome of the US elections will increase the entropy around the dollar. Most of the market strategists polled by CNBC (14 out of 20) predict a victory for Biden. At the same time, half of them believe that Biden's victory will provoke a fall in the US stock market. According to experts, Trump's victory will give a positive impetus to the stock market. But these are questions of perspective. Here and now the stock markets continue to show growth, and some indices, such as the high-tech Nasdaq, demonstrate historical highs every day. As an informational trigger, vaccine news and their accelerated approval by regulators (when all the necessary tests will be passed) are used. Recall that in the most optimistic scenarios, we are still talking about months before the appearance of the first limited batches of vaccines, so nothing will change here and now. At the same time the total number of cases in the world will exceed 24 million very soon. In the oil market, news about hurricanes on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and information that a number of companies have stopped production and processing of oil in connection with this threat, provoked an increase in "black gold" prices. But for now, we would consider this only as a reason for better “sell” entry points. Overall, the situation in the oil market continues to be on the side of sellers, since demand is not recovering as quickly as experts expected, and the growth in the number of cases in the Eurozone and a number of other countries raises serious concerns about the future prospects for oil demand. Against this background, the number of active oil rigs in the United States started to grow, that is, American shale producers are beginning to recover, which means an increase in oil supply in the foreseeable future.
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Week in a Glance: Japan's GDP, Pandemic, Brexit, OPEC + and FED The past week was quite rich in movements in the financial markets, but it cannot be said that they brought any clarity to the foreseeable future. This was largely due to rather contradictory news. The week started with extremely weak data on Japan's GDP (-27.8% - this is the worst indicator in the entire history of observations). After that the trend for weak data and gloomy economic forecasts for the week was set. On Wednesday, the Fed noted that the US economy is recovering more slowly than it could, especially the consumer sector. At the same time, the Central Bank confirmed its unwillingness to expand monetary incentives, citing the greater efficiency of fiscal instruments. But in this regard, the past week has gone without any progress, as Democrats and Republicans have not yet come to an agreement. On Thursday, gloomy data were confirmed by an increase in the number of initial jobless claims in the United States (exceeded to 1.1 million). On Friday, Markit PMIs showed that European economic recovery slowed sharply. This is largely due to the second wave of the pandemic in Europe: in Germany, France, Spain, a sharp increase in the number of cases was recorded to levels unseen since April-May. Last week, another round of negotiations took place between the EU and the UK. With less than 2 months left before the consensus should be formed, each new round of negotiations is becoming more important, if not critical. Still the sides have not yet found a common ground. This means that the chances of a “hard” Brexit are growing. With all that it implies for the pound, which went on sale on Friday. Another important meeting last week was the meeting of the OPEC + Monitoring Committee. There were no particular surprises. The level of compliance in July decreased, but the Committee threatened the guilty with fines. In general, despite the decline in US oil reserves, the fundamental background around oil does not give us any reason to change our recommendation from “sell from current”. The upcoming week will be pretty desaturated (in theory) with news, so you can try to enjoy the last week of the summer and prepare for increased volatility as financial markets return from their summer hibernation. Although the annual Jackson Hole symposium can make a difference in the way the markets are going.
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Jobless claims, pandemic in Europe and poisoning of NavalnyIn terms of news, Thursday turned out to be a rather calm day, especially against the backdrop of a busy environment on Wednesday. From the point of view of macroeconomic statistics, the data on jobless claims in the USA were of the greatest interest. Markets expected further improvement in the US labor market. The data came out mixed. On the one hand, the number of continuing claims dropped to less than 15 million, but on the other hand, the initial applications again exceeded a million. So, this is more of a reason for selling the dollar than buying it. The important news of the day yesterday was the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as a result the latter ended up in a coma. Considering that this happened just when one of Russia's satellites, Belarus, may well leave the orbit of the Russian Federation, all this looks like a preemptive action of the Russian authorities in order to extinguish the flame of protest moods in the country in the bud. However, we will not delve into politics, we only note that for the Russian stock market and the ruble this is a negative signal, so you can try to make money on this news by selling the ruble and Russian stock indices. Meanwhile, the United States and China still plan to return to the negotiating table to review the phase one of the trade agreement. Let us remind that the meeting was supposed to take place last Saturday, but was postponed. Yesterday there was information (without specific dates) that the countries agreed on the need for a meeting. This news is especially important in the context of information from the World Trade Organization (WTO): The WTO "trade barometer" dropped to 84.5 points in June, and is now 15.5 points below the baseline of 100 points and 18.6 points below the June 2019 indicator. "Figures for June turned out to be a record low in the entire history of such statistics since 2007 and roughly correspond to the low point of the financial crisis of 2008-2009," - says the WTO report. This is about the state of the world economy as a whole. All these problems are caused by the pandemic. The pandemic situation in the United States continues to improve, but this is offset by a sharp deterioration in the situation in Europe. Spain is again the epicenter of the European pandemic (the highest number of cases since April was recorded). Germany is adding 1000 new cases for the third day in a row, and France has the highest increase in cases since the beginning of May.
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by Trade24Fx
FOMC minutes, OPEC +, Democrat’s Move and Inflation DataFrom the point of view of macroeconomic statistics, yesterday was primarily interested by inflationary data from the UK, Eurozone and Canada. Weak inflation in the Eurozone can be interpreted as one of the signs of an economic depression and, in general, is a negative signal for the euro. The FED has published the minutes of the last meeting of the FOMC. The tone was rather gloomy: the economy is recovering more slowly than it could be, especially the consumer sector. At the same time, the Fed was in no hurry to assure the markets that it is ready to act here and now to support the economy. Quite the contrary, the Central Bank has traditionally noted the importance of fiscal incentives. Negative rates are not on the agenda. With regard to yield curve control (an unconventional form of quantitative easing), the issue has been discussed, but remains open. It is not surprising that such minutes somewhat diminished the degree of confidence of buyers in the stock market and returned optimism to buyers of the dollar. Especially when you consider yesterday's information that the Republicans and Democrats still maybe ready to work out a compromise solution, which each of the parties can give out for a victory. Let us remind that the incentive package is a very serious argument in the election race and the size of the election dividends will depend on who appropriates its authorship. So, the Democrats said that they are ready for a compromise solution: a partial plan now and the rest after the Presidential elections. Given that the gap in the positions of Republicans and Democrats is about $ 2 trillion, this proposal has a real chance of being implemented. In this situation, both sides save face, and the economy will receive the injection of money it needs. In light of such news, today we tend to buy the dollar across the entire spectrum of the foreign exchange market. A meeting of the OPEC + Monitoring Committee took place yesterday. It did not bring any special surprises. OPEC + participants announced the introduction of penalties, according to which ineffective executors of the transaction will be obliged to compensate for 2.3 million barrels per day from a reduction in oil production. As a result, the level of the overall reduction in oil production in August and September should be more than the planned 7.7 million barrels per day. Meanwhile, US oil stocks fell by another 1.6 million barrels. Judging by the reaction of the oil market, none of this news was seen as a reason for growth. This only confirms our recommendation to sell oil at current prices.
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by Trade24Fx
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Japan's failure, virus mutations and a pause in tensionsFrom the point of view of macroeconomic statistics, the main event of yesterday was the disastrous data on Japan's GDP. -27.8% decline in GDP (compared to the same period a year earlier) is even worse than in Britain. Naturally, the fall became the record in the entire history of observations. In general, this is further evidence in favor of the depth of the abyss into which the world economy has sunk because if the pandemic. However, all this cannot prevent the stock markets from further growing, increasing the gap between their prices and reality. We have already written that the global economy will take not months, but quarters and even years to recover. And this is for the case when the pandemic can be brought under control. But even this is questionable (the number of new cases is growing in France, Australia reports record number of new deaths, and in New Zealand elections were postponed for 4 weeks due to an outbreak), the situation exacerbated by news of the mutation of the COVID virus. In particular, scientists in Malaysia have discovered a new, more contagious strain of the virus. The only conditional positive is the postponement of the meeting between the United States and China on the review of the Phase 1 trade agreement. The meeting would surely end with a new round of tensions, so that the absence of a worsening of the situation is already positive. Gold returned to $2000, demonstrating that last week's "Black Tuesday" was a misunderstanding. Meanwhile, the oil market is preparing for tomorrow's meeting of the OPEC + monitoring committee, which is to assess the progress of the deal to limit oil production. Information about overfulfillment of the plan may well push the asset's quotes up, but news that some Irans or Nigerias are again violating can provoke oil sales.
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by Trade24Fx
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Week in a Glance: US stimulus, UK GDP, pandemic and vaccinesThe main event of recent weeks remains the stimulus package for the US economy, which Republicans and Democrats still cannot agree. After Trump issued a series of executive orders that cut off funding for a number of key points, the parties clearly decided that there is no need to rush. And over the entire past week, they have regressed rather than progressed in the negotiation process. With this approach, they can be in a deadlock for a long time: until September or even longer. This is negative news for the dollar, especially considering that last week US retail sales and industrial production came out worse than experts expected. By the way, China reported another decline in retail sales, which suggests that the country's consumer sector has not yet recovered from the consequences of the pandemic. Meanwhile, the UK economy has officially entered a state of recession, demonstrating the highest decline in the country's history in the second quarter and becoming one of the worst in Europe (even worse than Spain with its -18%). The situation with the pandemic in the United States has improved significantly over the week, but in the world, it continues to remain consistently difficult, as the improvement in the United States was offset by a worsening in other countries. The news that Russia has an effective vaccine for the day rocked the financial markets, but most developed countries said that there was no trust in it, and in the United States they generally noted that they would not even prick monkeys for testing purposes. As for the coming week, in terms of statistics, it promises to be relatively calm. So, the markets will continue to follow the opposition between Republicans and Democrats, as well as the United States and China. In addition, another round of trade negotiations between the EU and the UK kicks off on Tuesday. The annual symposium at Jackson Hole will traditionally be kept in mind by financial market participants.
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