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In this weeks copy:
Big news is past, whats next for markets?
US policy decisions likely to cause a waiting period
XAUUSD bears look set to challenge $2600 again
After a huge week of data, what do markets look like for the rest of 2024.
The wait is over, and Trump is back in. As a result we seen some heavy outflow in Gold, and into DXY and Equities.
The markets will now be awaiting Trump’s economic policy to confirm sentiment into 2025, however expectation is for extended tax reliefs and spending for business, boosting economic growth and given the bulls sustained reasoning.
The concern at this stage, is the ever rising deficit the US is racking up, with the CRFB’s estimate of an additional $7.75 trillion in debt, over a 10 year period from 2026. Additionally, the impact of increased tariffs from Trump may trigger a rise in inflation during 2025 weighing on markets.
As usual, the announcements from the FED continue to indicate a data driven approach, albeit a market expectation of the funds rate to be 3-3.25% by the end of next year, it will ultimately be at the mercy of Trump’s policy decisions as to how they respond.
Rate cuts rather muted in the shadow of elections
We have seen further rate cuts as expected from the FED this week, taking the funds rate down to 4.75%, but not causing much movement in the DXY crosses at all.
DXY continues to push on taking the majors lower, with EURUSD now down 500 pips from the September 30th highs. In just five weeks, we’ve seen significant inflows into the DXY, alongside an extended decline in PPI figures from Europe’s largest economy, Germany, putting pressure on EURO.
The main driver shaping this pair is the divergence in central bank policies between the US & Eurozone. The ECB has taken a much more dovish stance among driven from poor data indicating sluggish economic growth.
However, the market has ran on quite considerably therefore we must remain open to larger market rebalancing, in the form of some weakness in DXY. Whether it is sustained for prolonged periods depends on incoming factors, but personally I remain cautious at these lows with expectations of a slow down in bearish movement around 1.0600.
Any shorts would be intraday only as I see it rather unlikely to keep printing high volume bearish candles at these levels.