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Week Ahead: Fed to preach patience ... again

Han Tan
Chief Market Analyst
11.06 @ 11:53 GMT
Han Tan

For much of 2021 that has passed, markets have had one primary obsession: when will the Fed begin tapering its asset-purchases programme?

That would remain the main question on the market’s collective mind ahead of the mid-week FOMC meeting, sandwiched by other potentially market-moving events in the week ahead:

Monday, June 14

  • Eurozone, Japan industrial production
  • PM Johnson announcement: UK to end lockdown on June 21?

Tuesday, June 15

  • BOE Governor Andrew Bailey speech
  • UK unemployment rate
  • Eurozone trade
  • US industrial production, PPI, retail sales

Wednesday, June 16

  • China industrial production, retail sales
  • UK inflation, PPI
  • FOMC decision

Thursday, June 17

  • Eurozone CPI
  • US initial jobless claims

Friday, June 18

  • BOJ decision
  • Germany PPI
  • UK retail sales

To be fair, markets have been getting more comfortable with the Fed’s narrative that policymakers have a preference for a more equitable and broad-based jobs recovery rather that inflation overshoots before easing up on their bond purchases, which would eventually pave the way for a US interest rate hike. Fed officials have also been insisting that they have enough policy levers to pull on should consumer prices become intolerably high.

With such a narrative in mind, the US dollar index has been subdued and sideways since early May, even after taking into account some recent surprises in the US economic data releases, including:

  • two consecutive disappointments in the monthly nonfarm payrolls
  • the highest year-on-year growth for the headline consumer price index in 13 years

Note that this is an equally-weighted index, comprising the following currency pairs:

  • NZDUSD
  • USDCAD
  • GBPUSD
  • USDCHF
  • AUDUSD
  • EURUSD

Although the Fed is not likely to rock the boat this week, persisting with its message of patience, markets are still eager for any hints about the Fed’s eventual tapering. Even the slightest clues of either hawkish or dovish policy biases out of the Fed, which may be garnered from the Fed dot plot or from the language that the FOMC or Fed Chair Jerome Powell employs on Wednesday, could be enough to move global financial markets.

Should markets buy more into the Fed’s insistence that the idea of tapering remains far from the FOMC’s collective mind, that could push the US dollar index closer towards its year-to-date low, prompting the index to stick to the lower bounds of its Bollinger band. Conversely, a surprise hawkish cue that the Fed is gearing up for tapering could send US Treasury yields higher, boosting the greenback along with it.

And of course, a breakout in the dollar is sure to have an impact on gold prices.

Bullion hasn’t strayed far from the psychologically-important $1900 level in recent weeks, while having cleared a lot of the froth in prices, evidenced by its 14-day relative strength index pulling away from the 70 level which typically denotes overbought conditions.

That sets up the precious metal nicely to take advantage of another bout of dollar weakness, should it materialize, with bulls eyeing $1960 as the next region of interest.

Still, spot gold is finding plenty of support at present, considering that real yields are firmly in negative territory, coupled with Treasury yields and dollar that are subdued by a dovish Fed. That is, at least  until expectations surrounding the Fed’s tapering plans sees a material change.

Disclaimer: This material is comprised of personal opinions and ideas. It should not be construed as an investment recommendation or a solicitation for any transaction. It does not imply any obligation to purchase investment services, nor does it guarantee or predict future performance. Exinity, its affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees do not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness of any information or data made available and assume no liability for any loss arising from any investment based on the same.

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