{"id":7389,"date":"2022-07-16T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T14:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syfe.com\/magazine\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T05:18:55","slug":"weekly-market-wrap-15-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syfe.com\/magazine\/weekly-market-wrap-15-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Market Wrap | 15 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inflation peaks again<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inflation in the US surged (again!) to 9.1% in June, marking a new high in 40 years. No one was expecting a low figure, but this surprised on the upside. A rapid re-pricing of Fed expectations followed and researchers from Citi gained attention for putting a 1.00% hike on the table, but qualified that the Fed would have to be nimble and to be prepared to cut rates if needed too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next FOMC meeting happens in two weeks (July 26-27). We will be tracking what Federal Reserve officials say in interviews next week before they enter a quiet period a week prior to FOMC meetings. So far, based on public comments from Fed staff, a 75bps increase at the July meeting would be the base case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking at the breakdown of components that go into CPI, prices of food and goods<\/a> (yellow and red bars) continue to moderate but energy surged. Post the CPI-print, several economists pointed out that oil prices have started to moderate in the middle of June, and based on futures prices are likely to remain range round, possibly signalling that inflation may have peaked as long as energy prices remain range bound. This has been a familiar tune and many don\u2019t quite know what to make of it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All over the place<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Post the inflation print, Treasury curve inversion (the yield on the 2 year treasury being above that of the ten year, showing negative term premium) deepened. 10 year treasury yields fell 28bps below that of 2 year bonds, the most since 2000. This suggests that many bond market participants think that the Fed is going to raise interest rates a bit too much and tip the economy into a recession, even if it will be a mild<\/a> one.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China\u2019s growth slows<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most recent data from China showed that the second largest economy grew only 0.4% in the second quarter. A low figure was expected and the market consensus at 1.0% accounted for that. The low GDP growth figure is part of growing evidence that the target of 5.5% may seem increasingly unattainable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction for new buildings have stalled in several cities and reports of households holding back on their mortgage payments rattled banks this week. In June, Chinese home prices continued to fall for the tenth consecutive month. This will be a key issue to watch, if these mortgage loans become non-performing loans and have an outsized impact on the economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earning Insights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We covered market moves here<\/a>: Alphabet, Netflix, Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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