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The September JOLTS report adds to the evidence that labor market demand is improving, posing a growing risk to the downtrend in wage growth. Job openings jumped by 333k to 7.52 million, well above the 7.1 million consensus, lifting the job…
Germany’s September retail sales miss clouds the euro area consumption outlook and supports overweighing German Bunds over US Treasurys. Retail volume ex-vehicles contracted 2% month-on-month, significantly underperforming expectations of 0.4% growth. It was…

US Treasury yields have fallen below our fair value estimate as investors rotated out of AI equities and into fixed income. We lay out why near-term inflation risks argue for a rebound, and the tactical trades we initiate to position for it.

Today's report examines several of the most interesting ideas we've heard over two weeks of meetings and calls with investors.

MacroQuant recommends a slight underweight to equities and an overweight to bonds and cash. The model is bullish on the US dollar, negative on gold, very negative on copper, and neutral on oil.

Bank Credit Analyst

Marking the debut of Chief Technology and Innovation Strategist Matt Dyson, this month’s Global Market Outlook examines Matt’s views on the presence and durability of moats for companies at various segments of the AI chain.

Neither the Q3 GDP release nor the September inflation data will likely shift the Fed away from a quarterly pace of rate hikes. The advance Q3 estimate for US GDP was released on Thursday, alongside the September personal income and outlays report. Annualized…
The ECB is unlikely to take interest rates above neutral unless energy prices move meaningfully higher from here. The European Central Bank kept its policy rates unchanged on Thursday, in line with expectations. Compared with June and September, the statement…

The Fed will hike rates at a pace of 25 bps per quarter until either falling inflation or tighter financial conditions cause it to stop.

October S&P Global Flash PMIs signal that the US economy continues to show solid momentum, while the euro area growth outlook is softening. The US composite index eased to 57.6 from 58.4, in line with estimates. The manufacturing component surprised on the…