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USA April Employment Report: Secular forces will limit the rise in unemployment despite lower growth. Consequence: Elevated policy rates for longer

USA: The financial market interpretation is 'pause' or 'easing', but the press conference shows Powell intends to err on the hawkish side

USA: ISM service survey neither indicates an upcoming recession nor contraction in the labour market

France: Public sector imbalances deteriorate.  The ECB will no longer sponsor fiscal irresponsibility, leading to higher real bond yields

The Federal Reserve is aware that a premature reversal of monetary policy will have the same catastrophic consequences as in 1980

Not an easy task for the ECB: Another weak German retail sales report, more deposits outflow from Eurozone banks and falling 'lending standard'

Australia: The RBA's decision to raise policy rates is a reminder to the financial market of a long-term monetary normalisation process

USA: The manufacturing sector still shows economic contraction but not enough to change the course of monetary policy

The Bank of Japan stays the course despite increasing core inflation. Reindustrialisation and rearmament will make the impact of adverse demographics even worse

China: Growth momentum slows as the impact of the reopening process fades. Beijing exploits geopolitics to make life even harder for foreign brands on the mainland

No updates from April 17th to April 28th

Falling inflation is precisely what central banks and the bond market predicted. But it will be challenging to fulfil investors' next expectations leg in the Eurozone

USA: The March producer price report shows what the ISM survey has predicted for some time. Investors forecast rate cuts, but a policy of 'monetary normalisation' will prevail

China's trade report is yet more evidence that Beijing is betting on one of the 'old tools' - exports. Beijing will launch more aggressive infrastructure spending

USA: Falling energy prices pull headline inflation lower. Service price inflation slows but remains far too high

The Bank of Japan faces a dilemma - but its freedom of manoeuvring is limited

China turns to the same policies that President Xi Jinping despised in the past. State-sponsored asset managers bail out state banks. Chinese manufacturers move production closer to the United States

'Mission Accomplished' for Beijing: President Macron's catastrophic kowtow in Beijing divides the EU even more, and the transatlantic alliance is now at risk

USA: ISM service survey shows broad-based weakness - and significantly lower inflation pressure

The US labour market shows tentative signs of weakness - but this will not change the task of the Federal Reserve because the situation is different from 2008

Beijing's efforts to internationalise the yuan are bearing fruit. The United States cannot overestimate the consequences of losing the dollar's status as a reserve currency

Eurozone: German trade report underscores that dependence on China keeps increasing - directly and indirectly

USA: ISM manufacturing PMI index dropped deeper into the contraction zone - and Opec+ throws a spanner into the works

The Bank of Japan's Tankan survey shows a tightening labour market, stronger service sentiment and a weaker manufacturing sector. Still waiting for 'monetary normalisation'

Germany: Retail sales in real terms plunge, as workers do not care about falling annual inflation. Workers need falling consumer prices or higher wages

President Xi Jinping is no longer trying to hide where China is headed. History shows that it pays to listen to authoritarian leaders

EU survey shows lacklustre growth, no further improvement in CPI inflation, but falling factory gate price pressure - and a tight labour market

Eurozone: Preliminary reports show a sharp decline in the inflation rate. Nonetheless, the ECB does not base monetary policy on 'base effects'. Policy bias remains hawkish

Sweden: A small bounce in business and consumer sentiment, but households' inflation assessment skyrockets to a new all-time high

Germany and France: Consumer surveys underscore the challenges facing the ECB. Wage increase calls are supported by demographic 'tailwind'

Bank deposit outflows accelerated in the Eurozone in February. Commercial banks will be forced to raise deposit rates

France: Insee business survey shows lacklustre growth - and sticky prices. ECB says tightening will continue

Eurozone: ECB's Monetary Development shows tightening conditions - but the ECB is expected to stay the course of 'overkilling' the economy

Germany: IFO survey significantly reduces the risk of 'recession' - so far

Japan: The quality of being 'long the yen' - even without monetary tightening

USA: The banking crisis and Wall Street investors distract the Federal Reserve, but Chairman Powell will stay the course

Britain: Inflation will not go away as central banks face a totally different environment than in 2008

A short note on the 'frenemies meeting' in Moscow: Deglobalisation, RMB internationalisation and more geopolitical tensions confirmed

US existing home sales jumped much-faster-than-expected in February - house prices dropped for the first time since 2012

The big difference between the '2008 bank run' and today: There is political and public support  to rescue the banking system - but not for bailing out bank shares

Germany: Factory gates inflation declines, but the absolute level of producer prices is still 50% higher than in 2019 - and the next inflation leg has already hit the shore

Xi Jinping as peacemaker in Europe? Yes, if China benefits

Eurozone: Labour costs jumped in the last quarter of 2022. Q1 will be even stronger as the EU faces a secular labour supply problem

China cuts the reserve requirement ratio. The economy needs growth drivers. Xi Jinping could act as a peacemaker in Europe if China benefits. China and USA could benefit

USA: Philadelphia Fed survey continues to show a weak manufacturing sector - but activity in the service sector is far more important

A short note on today's ECB Meeting: Monetary tightening is needed because today is not 2008

China: House prices 'bounce' back in February - but housing fundamentals are weak

China: Economic statistics in January-February do not give rise to much optimism

USA: Headline inflation moderates, but the biggest sector of the economy, services, sees the highest inflation rate since 1982

USA: NFIB small business survey shows a tightening labour market

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