Long-Term Interest Rates Edge Higher
April 26, 2021
Ten-year sovereign debt yields this Monday are three basis points higher in the U.K. and United States, two bps higher in German and up a basis point in Japan.
The dollar is marginally softer but above its overnight low on a weighted basis. The key EUR/USD and USD/JPY relationships are unchanged. The peso is also unchanged. The dollar has firmed 0.2% against the Swiss franc but has slipped 0.4% versus the Aussie dollar, 0.3% relative to the New Zealand dollar, and 0.2% against the Canadian dollar and Chinese yuan. The dollar is also 0.1% softer versus sterling.
The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 1.5% overnight, and that of gold edged down 0.1%.
New Zealanders are observing ANZAC Day today.
In stock market action, share prices rose 1.1$ in India, 0.4% in Japan and 1.0% in South Korea but fell 1.6% in China. U.S. stock futures suggest a small dip at the open.
Germany’s IFO business climate index failed to improve as much as forecast in April, edging just 0.2 points higher to a 22-month high of 96.8. Expectations of the economy in six months actually retreated 0.8 point to a 2-month low, reflecting Covid concerns and supply chain bottlenecks. Current conditions rose further to a 14-month high.
Business sentiment and consumer confidence in the Czech Republic climbed in April to 14- and 7-month highs.
Producer prices in Spain jumped 2.5% on month and accelerated on a year-on-year basis to 6.3%, a 49-month high in March from only 0.6% in February.
Finnish PPI inflation rose to 6.7% in March from 2.0% in February, -0.8% in January and -2.9% at the end of 2020.
Industrial production in Singapore recorded a greater-than-forecast 12-month 7.6% rate of increase in March despite a month-on-month decline.
Japanese corporate service price inflation posted the first on-year increase (0.7%) since a 12-month increase in the year to September 2020.
Japan’s index of leading economic indicators was revised a point lower to 98.7 in March, but that still was the best reading in 2-1/2 years. The index of coincident economic indicators was revised upward.
The Turkish lira rebounded 1% against the dollar but remains depressed and vulnerable at 8.3 per dollar.
The menu of U.S. economic data releases today includes durable goods orders and the Dallas Fed manufacturing index.
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