{"id":2992,"date":"2023-08-21T10:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T09:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcfx.sofyma.com\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2023-08-21T10:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T09:06:46","slug":"monday-morning-update-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/monday-morning-update-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PBoC Conducts Further Monetary Loosening, But Leaves 5-year LPR Unchanged<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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This morning has seen the PBoC cut its 1-year loan prime rate by 0.1 percentage point, bringing it a record low of 3.45%. This comes less than a week after the PBoC reduced short-term and medium-term policy rates as the central bank grapples with a flagging economy, deflation and a weakening renminbi. The five-year rate was also kept unchanged, missing expectations of a 15bps cut (which was similarly forecasted for the 1-year LPR).<\/p>\n

This morning\u2019s further monetary loosing comes as markets look for further clarification on any fiscal measures that Beijing may be willing to implement. Calls for such measures to be announced have grown recently given financial markets\u2019 focus on the fragility of the Chinese property sector which reached a fresh climax last week given developments around Country Garden and Evergrande. Last Thursday for example, Evergrande filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York while the risk of default continued to loom over Country Garden.<\/p>\n

The latest monetary loosening follows China\u2019s slip into deflationary territory as headline CPI (annualised) fell 0.3% in July. This marked the first deflationary print since February 2021, and comes as the economy contends with weakening demand both on a domestic and international basis. Exports leaving the world\u2019s second largest economy for instance have slumped 14.5% on an annualised basis, raising concerns over whether Beijing will reach their (around) 5% growth target this year.<\/p>\n

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Trump to Skip Republican Presidential Debates<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the first of the Republican presidential primary debates due to be held in two days\u2019 time, former President Donald Trump has announced that his plinth will be left vacant. Polling suggests that Trump remains the top contender for the Republican nomination, though he will now miss the string of TV debates given that he has been embroiled in further scandals and indictments. Trump has now been criminally indicted four times, with charges including the obstruction of justice, false statements, and illegally retaining classified documents under the Espionage Act. As such, the former president now faces a number of trials next year as the world looks towards the 2024 Presidential Election.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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German PPI In Negative Territory<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning, data from Germany has revealed that producer prices have fallen 6% on an annualised basis, marking the first deflationary print since November 2020. The fall was greater than market expectations, as energy prices and electricity costs fell close to 20 and 30%, respectively. The print has raised convictions that consumer prices will also continue to ease as Europe\u2019s largest economy comes out of a technical recession.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Government Borrowing Figures Released Tomorrow<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Tomorrow morning will see the release of the UK\u2019s public Sector Net Borrowing figure for the month of July. Earlier this summer we learnt that the UK\u2019s debt-to-GDP has exceeded 100% for the first time since 1961 while last week we saw yields on 10-year UK government bonds hit fresh 15-year highs. \u00a0With government borrowing in May 2023 over double that of May 2022 the growing government deficit has continued to feed into the UK\u2019s national debt which now stands at around \u00a32.6tn.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve commented on previously, the OBR has descried how the rise in global inflation has brought little net benefit to the UK insofar as the country\u2019s public finances are concerned. In theory, higher inflation should increase nominal tax revenues (particularly if people are shifted into higher tax brackets), while also reducing the real value of debt. However, the OBR notes that the \u201cUK, in particular, experienced the \u2018wrong sort of inflation\u2019 in 2022 with RPI and CPI (which drive increases in index-linked debt, pensions and working-age welfare payments) rising far more than both average earnings (a key driver of tax revenues) and the GDP deflator (the measure of inflation used to calculate nominal GDP).\u201d<\/p>\n

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