{"id":4378,"date":"2023-11-20T08:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T08:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcfx.sofyma.com\/?p=4378"},"modified":"2023-11-20T08:55:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T08:55:27","slug":"argentina-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/argentina-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Argentina have broken with decades of political ideology and voted in a new president Javier Milei. Mr Milei is described as a \u2018radical libertarian\u2019 and a self-described \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d \u2013 a stark contrast to the long held Peronist ideology that the country has been ruled under since their return to democracy in 1983.<\/p>\n

The incoming president won yesterday\u2019s run-off vote by 55.8% to 44.2% and once inaugurated on 10 December is going to waste no time in getting to work. In his words; \u201cI want you to understand that Argentina is in a critical situation. The changes our country needs are drastic. There is no room for gradualism.\u201d His flagship policy is to replace the Argentine Peso with the US Dollar in a bid to stop inflation, which is currently running at 140%. As well as retiring the Peso, he also wants to get rid of the central bank, cut public spending by 15% and privatise a large swathe of public industries. One controversial thing (among many) that he did say during<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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his campaign is that he was going to cut all government relations with China, as he only wants to work with \u201cnations of the free world\u201d. There\u2019s a lot of controversy attached to the man and there are a huge number of grand plans, but there\u2019s also a problem; he\u2019s got no majority in government. His party is going to hold just eight out of 72 seats in the Senate and less than 40 in the 257 strong Lower House. This means that if he\u2019s going to get stuff through, he\u2019s going to have to rely on public support.<\/p>\n

There are also plenty of practical problems with enacting some of his plans \u2013 not least that by reducing the size of the state there will be a huge reduction in financial support that people receive, which might make the reality of electing him less palatable than the vision of change he campaigned on.<\/p>\n

The Times has a great piece on this: click here to read<\/a>, as does the FT: click here to read.<\/a><\/p>\n

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All Eyes on FOMC Minutes as Debate Over Future Policy Course Grows<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Tuesday evening will see the publication of the FOMC\u2019s Minutes from their meeting on 2 November. At this meeting, the Fed met market expectations in maintaining their benchmark policy target rate of 5.25-5.5% – its highest level in 22 years. This also marked the second consecutive hold as policy makers considered how the full effect of the Central Bank\u2019s monetary tightening was yet to be fully felt. Nevertheless, during the subsequent press conference, Powell said that though the Federal Reserve were \u201ccommitted to achieving a stance [\u2026] that is sufficiently restrictive, [\u2026] we\u2019re not confident yet that we have achieved such a stance\u201d, indicative of how the Fed were leaving the possibility of further hikes on the table. Since then, however, last week\u2019s softer-than-expected inflation print resulted in money markets downwardly revising rate expectations further. Indeed, according to implied rate expectations, markets are not pricing in a hike at either of the next two policy meetings.<\/p>\n

Such a stance was also aided by Powell\u2019s comments which suggested that the Fed were not in any hurry to raise rates. Nevertheless, the topic of monetary loosening next year remains subject to considerable debate fuelling volatility. This debate highlights the disparity between the market’s view (which signals around three rate cuts over 2024) and Powell’s view that the FOMC are not even thinking about future cuts. Presently there is a lack of conviction over the future monetary policy of the Fed, with some tier one banks predicting rates to be at 5.25% by the end of 2024, while others are forecasting rates to be as low as 2.75%. Hence, markets will be analysing the release of the Fed minutes at 1900 tomorrow to try to gain some further insight into the future course of the central bank.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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PBoC Holds Rates<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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This morning, the PBoC met market expectations in keeping their benchmark policy rate unchanged. Here, the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was kept at 3.45%, its record low, while the five-year rate (which is used as a benchmark for many Chinese mortgages) was also kept at 4.2%. The decision comes as a weakening yuan limits the scope of the central bank cutting rates further, despite the desire to stimulate the economy through looser monetary policy. Since their last policy meeting, Chinese data has continued to be mixed with their latest annualised CPI print giving a deflationary reading of 0.2%, (against expectations of a 0.1% fall in the index) following weakened consumer demand. Nevertheless, retail sales were some causes for cautious optimism having increased 70bps over October. These data points come against a backdrop of continued fragility in the Chinese property sector. Indeed, some are estimating that there are 20m uncompleted homes across China and with a cost close to $500bn to complete them, Beijing may have to fund the gap<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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