Markets idled as investors braced for a week with 13 central-bank meetings that are certain to see borrowing costs rise.
Market leaning toward 75 bp hikes from BoE & SNBSYDNEY, Sept 19 - Share markets idled in Asia on Monday as investors braced for a week littered with 13 central bank meetings that are certain to see borrowing costs rise across the globe and some risk of a super-sized hike in the United States.
"Our answer is high enough to generate a tightening in financial conditions that imposes a drag on activity sufficient to maintain a solidly below-potential growth trajectory." That risk saw two-year Treasury yields surge 30 basis points last week alone to reach the highest since 2007 at 3.92%, so making stocks look more expensive in comparison and dragging the S&P 500 down almost 5% for the week.
"Our suite of 38 proprietary growth indicators depict a grim outlook for global growth, yet we are staring at one of the most aggressive tightening episodes in history, with 85% of the global central banks in tightening mode." The euro was holding at $1.1021 , having edged up from its recent low of $0.9865 thanks to increasingly hawkish comments from the European Central Bank.
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