Marketwatch North America

Daily Insights
October 11, 2023

In data released today PPI (Producer Prices) for September topped estimates, keeping the Fed’s concerns over inflation intact. The year-over-year Final Demand component was reported 2.2%, well above the 1.6% market forecast and was the third consecutive increase since June 30th. Even excluding volatile food and energy prices, the monthly PPI measure increased to 0.3%, above the 0.2% estimate.

U.S. Treasury yields have declined in the wake of the PPI data, especially in the far-dated tenors with the 20–30-year tenors trading down more than 0.09%.

The USD is mixed vs. its G10 counterpart currencies, +0.30% vs. NZD and +0.14% vs. AUD, while -0.30% vs. CHF and -0.20% vs. GBP. The dollar’s mixed results today are also seen in the U.S. Dollar Index which is -0.09% at 105.71, and setting up for the 7th consecutive daily decline.

USDMXN is -0.50% today, the pair’s 4th consecutive daily decline since peaking near 18.5000 on Oct 6th. The dollar’s rally vs. the peso was capped by long-term trendline resistance tracing back to May of 2020. Support for the pair is nearby at 17.7800 and lower at 17.5600 (50% retracement).

Spot gold prices are +0.62% today at $1,871/oz, continuing to rally after reaching a 9-month low of $1,809.50/oz only 4 days ago.

Market attention now turns to tomorrow’s CPI data in the latest update to consumer inflation trends.

Economic Calendar

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AUD - RBA Assist Gov Kent Speaks
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USD - Core PPI m/m
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JPY - Prelim Machine Tool Orders y/y
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USD - PPI m/m
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USD - FOMC Member Waller Speaks
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EUR - German Final CPI m/m
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USD - FOMC Meeting Minutes
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USD - FOMC Member Bowman Speaks
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GBP - 10-y Bond Auction
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EUR - German 30-y Bond Auction
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CAD - Building Permits m/m
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All - IMF Meetings
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USD - 10-y Bond Auction
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NZD - FPI m/m
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GBP - RICS House Price Balance
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JPY - Bank Lending y/y
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JPY - Core Machinery Orders m/m
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JPY - PPI y/y

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
usd/jpy 149.07 148.424
eur/usd 1.06285 1.05798
gbp/usd 1.23169 1.22665
aud/usd 0.64452 0.64009
usd/cad 1.36149 1.35711
eur/gbp 0.86425 0.8617
usd/mxn 17.9578 17.8161
Equities and Commodities
S&P 500 4370.91
NASDAQ 15194
DOW 33825.9
GOLD 1872.77
SILVER 22.02

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