Budget Deal Not Finalized Yet
October 11, 2013
A meeting between congressional republicans and President Obama ended yesterday without a finalized extension of the debt ceiling.
In overnight trading,
- Equities advanced by 1.6% in Australia and China, 1.5% in Japan, 1.3% in India, 1.2% in Hong Kong and South Korea, 0.8% in the Philippines and 0.5% in New Zealand.
- European stocks, by comparison, are more narrowly mixed with no net change so far in Milan or Paris, a 0.8% rise in London, a gain of just 0.3% in Frankfurt, and a drop of 0.3% in Madrid.
- The dollar fell 0.8% against the kiwi, 0.4% versus the euro and Swiss franc, 0.3% relative to the Australian dollar, and 0.1% vis-a-vis the loonie.
- The yen firmed 0.1%, while the yuan and sterling are steady against the dollar.
- Commodities slid. WTI crude oil is down 1.3% at $101.67 per barrel. Gold is off 0.6% at $1288.80 per barrel.
- The 10-year German bund yield dipped a basis point, while Japanese JGBs and British gilts are unchanged.
Monetary authorities left Peru’s central bank interest rate at 4.25%, its level since a 25-basis point increase in mid-May 2011. The decision was expected.
Japanese M2 money posted on-year growth of 3.8% both in September and the third quarter, up from 2.5% in 2Q, 2.9% in 1Q and 2.5% in full-2012. Growth in broad liquidity accelerated from 0.3% in 2012 to 3.7% in the latest reported month. Domestic corporate goods prices in Japan increased 0.3% on month and 2.3% on year in September. Export and import prices were 2.1% and 1.5% lower than in September 2012.
Food price inflation in New Zealand picked up in September to 1.2% from 0.3% in August.
German CPI inflation of 1.4% last month was the lowest since April. Consumer prices were unchanged on month in both August and September. Energy prices were 0.2% lower than in September 2012, while all other consumer prices recorded a 1.7% advance.
German wholesale prices recorded a 2.2% 12-month rate of decline, the most deflationary reading since November 2009, despite a 0.7% on-month increase.
Construction output in Britain dipped 0.1% on month but accelerated 1.3 percentage points to a 4.0% on-year increase. The Conference Board reported a 1.2% jump in the U.K. index of leading economic indicators. The index of coincident economic indicators was unchanged, however.
Spanish CPI inflation slowed appreciably to 0.3% in September. Italian CPI inflation also moved below 1% to a reading of 0.9% that month. Hungarian consumer prices climbed 0.5% on month and 1.4% on year in September.
The French current account deficit of EUR 3.1 billion in August was a shade less than in July. The Turkish current account shortfall narrowed to $1.99 billion, a third as much in August as in July. The Czech current account swung from a surplus in July to a deficit of CZK 14.2 billion in August.
Sweden’s rate of unemployment edged down to 4.6% last month from 4.7% a year before, while Turkey’s jobless rate climbed 0.4 percentage points to 10.1% in July.
Growth in Finnish retail sales slowed to 0.5% in the year to August from 2.0% on year in July.
Canadian labor statistics are due today. There will be more postponed releases in the United States, but the U. Michigan/Reuters compilation of consumer sentiment should attract interest. Consumer confidence was hit hard during the 2011 government shutdown.
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Tags: Japanese corporate goods prices and money growth, U.S. debt ceiling talks
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