Gov Sovereigns/Treasurys

The balance of risks favors accelerating wages and stable core inflation during the next few months. This will result in a move higher in rate hike expectations, benefitting Treasury curve flatteners.

Japanese policymakers are in the process of shifting away from negative rates and fiscal consolidation, leaving JGB yields exposed to any move to weaken the yen that could raise depressed inflation expectations.

Chinese PPI deflation will likely continue to ease going forward. There are non-trivial odds that the PPI deflation may turn positive. Our models predict a sharp upturn in China's profit cycle. Meanwhile, Anti-corruption investigation cases have dropped substantially since the beginning of the year, a sign that the Communist Party may be reorienting priorities to boost economic growth.

Treasuries appear overbought in the near-term, especially given evidence of a rebound in global manufacturing, but we would need to see evidence of a sustained re-synchronization of global growth before advocating a shift to below benchmark duration on a 6-12 month horizon.

In this <i>Special Report</i>, we discuss the state of the New Zealand business cycle and propose some trade ideas to capitalize on the excessive pessimism currently at play in New Zealand bond and currency markets.

The ECB's intended purchases of corporate bonds will not sustainably lift the asset-class. But we have found a compelling long-term opportunity in the sovereign bond market, and a way to hedge Brexit risk.

Gold seems to be leading global share prices. Gold prices have rolled over since March 10. Hence, odds are that the U.S. dollar is about to bottom, and that global and EM stocks, as well as commodities prices, are about to relapse. We recommend two new trades in central Europe: Go long central European banks / short euro area banks and buy 10-year Polish domestic bonds.

Some tentative signs of life in the global manufacturing data suggest that Treasury yields have some room to move higher in the near term.

We continue to recommend a cautious investment stance, staying at benchmark duration, as the recovery in risk assets looks more like a counter-trend rally than the start of a new bullish run.