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Daily Brief Macro: Industrial Metal Prices Melt as Global Recession Fears Heat Up and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Industrial Metal Prices Melt as Global Recession Fears Heat Up
  • EU Watch: At the End of the Day It Is All About Domestic Politics…
  • European Deposits: US Turmoil on Tour?
  • CX Daily: Five Things to Know About Chinese Trust Firms’ Scramble to Offload Risky Assets
  • US Long-End Yields Pause not Reversal

Industrial Metal Prices Melt as Global Recession Fears Heat Up

By Jeroen Blokland

  • The Bloomberg Industrial Metals Index has plunged by 14% during the last month, casting an ominous cloud over the much-anticipated soft landing that investors have been hoping for.
  • The ongoing decline in commodity prices, down 26% from their peak, now suggests an implied US recession probability of 68%. 
  • And in our updated US Recession Scoreboard, the recent dip in copper mirrors a somewhat elevated, yet increasing, chance of a US recession. 

EU Watch: At the End of the Day It Is All About Domestic Politics…

By Andreas Steno

  • Watch out for political fragmentation in the EZ as the economy looks weaker and weaker 
  • Germany must make the hard choice of lending a helping hand to the peripheral EZ countries or to Herr Müller in Lower Saxony
  • Policy measures such as friend shoring and green transition are all welcomed by most as long as the above-mentioned Herr Müller does not get poorer. 

European Deposits: US Turmoil on Tour?

By Andreas Steno

  • Most analysts seem to conclude that the US banking stress will not spill-over to Europe
  • In this analysis we pull back the curtains on movements in both corporate and household deposits in Europe
  • And we find worrying trends in European banks which could intensify issues in coming months

CX Daily: Five Things to Know About Chinese Trust Firms’ Scramble to Offload Risky Assets

By Caixin Global

  • Trust /: Five things to know about Chinese trust firms’ scramble to offload risky assets
  • Personnel /: China appoints vice foreign minister as ambassador to U.S.
  • Corruption /: Jilin Province Trust’s former chairman sentenced to 14 years in prison

US Long-End Yields Pause not Reversal

By Untying The Gordian Knot

  • The long-end bond price rallied on Tuesday and early Wednesday, indicating a potential fall pause at the critical support.
  • Additionally, AUSDUD followed NZDUSD’s decline, was impulsive, and the AUDUSD broke the H&S neckline.
  • It’s uncommon for higher US long-end yields and lower AUDUSD to go in different directions unless it’s due to pure short-end yield differential, which is unlikely.

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