The global bond yield spike and its implications for FX
By Jai Tiwari
USD: The US bond yields spike and its impact - last week’s aggressive rise in US Treasuries (UST) yields sees the UST 10Yr yield touching a 1.60% high before ending the week at 1.40%.
GOLD: A rotational shift into Bitcoin and other crypto assets by some retail and institutional investors is probably exacerbating Gold price weakness and the recent pace of outflows.
RBNZ: More lukewarm on recent currency strength than RBA
By Jai Tiwari
NZD: RBNZ leaves all policy levers unchanged in its February MPS yesterday in line with Citi analysts and consensus expectations (cash rate (OCR) at 0.25%, its LSAP (asset purchase) program of NZ$100bn by June 2022 and its FLP unchanged).
GOLD: Citi analysts moderately downgrade their 6-12 month outlook on Gold and pencil-in a less than 50% probability that bullion markets will post fresh nominal highs during the current price cycle.
Several factors appear to be stoking inflation fears. Within fixed income, Citi analysts favor selective segments which could help to achieve returns with reduced risk.