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Steen Jakobsen: US Credit Cycle Peaked, Zero Growth Coming to Europe, Gold 1425 by Year End Posted: 10 Jun 2015 02:11 PM PDT Saxo Bank chief economist sent a number of charts and comments that constitute his outlook for global macro fundamentals for the next 6-7 months. Via email, the rest of what follows is a guest post from Steen Jakobsen. Headlines for Next 6-7 Months
Average Annual Inflation by Decade We need to stop talking deflation and using 1930s comparison on Fed hike. US Real Rates Real rates finally coming off in the US. Positive Gold and negative for US$? US Germany Breakeven Rates Inflation expectations rising fast. European Growth European "cost advantage" is disappearing fast and furious. Enjoy the summer of growth – behind comes: zero growth, zero reform and higher inflation "expectations". Central Bank Balance Sheets Excuse me? Didn't ECB start QE – in world of madness? Hard even to see change in ECB balance sheet. Japan is just not real, for that matter nothing is! US High Yield vs. S&P 500 Clearly the credit cycle has peaked. LQD - US Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF CRY - Core Commodity Index Compare commodities to investment grade bonds. Fed Hike Indicator When the FED hikes it's a margin call. There is no basis in their mandate to do hike, but their need to normalize will have data support over summer as CESI (Citi Surprise Index will mean revert). I have been traveling like a mad man: France, UK, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech and Netherlands. And next few weeks: London (CNBC guest hosting Friday), Switzerland, China and Japan. I have plenty to report. Upcoming Teasers
Safe travels Steen Mish Comments When Steen says there is no basis for a US rate hike, he is talking from the Fed perspective of CPI inflation. He has commented before that the Fed may hike simply to prick asset bubbles and/or to simply do what they keep saying they will do. I have no target for the price of gold. Rather, like Steen, I believe it is an unloved asset likely to outperform. Finally, I have my doubts that interest rates will hit a new low in 2016, but if they do, panic will be in the air over crashing equities or asset prices in general. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com |
Stocks Jump on Greece Deal Rumors; Capital Control Fears Mount, Car Buying Soars as Greeks Pull Cash Posted: 10 Jun 2015 11:06 AM PDT This morning, Bloomberg reported a Deal was in the works, later denied by Germany. Stocks jumped on the news, but cash withdrawals and capital flight continues as Greeks pull cash to buy cars or to put it under the mattress. Staggered Deal Offer From Germany? Starting from the top, Bloomberg reports Germany to Consider Offering Tsipras Staggered Deal on Aid. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government may be satisfied with Greece committing to at least one economic reform sought by creditors to open the door to bailout funds, according to two people familiar with Germany's position.Wall Street Jumps on Rumor Deal It appears Merkel will be the one to bend if anyone does. Reuters reports Wall St. Jumps on Report Germany May Consider Greece Aid. Wall Street surged in late morning trading on Wednesday after a Bloomberg report that Germany may be satisfied with Greece committing to at least one economic reform in return for aid.Deal Talk "Pure Invention" Is there a deal offer or just a rumor? Reuters reports Merkel, Hollande to Tell Greek PM to Talk to Creditors. Germany will only accept a cash-for-reform deal between Greece and its international creditors that has the approval of all three lending instutions, a government spokesman said in response to reports that Berlin was considering easier terms.Capital Control Fears Mount, Car Buying in Greece Soars The Financial Times reports Anxious Greeks Pull Money from Banks Amid Fears of Capital Controls. Two weeks after Greece's leftwing Syriza party won power at a general election in January, Panayotis Fotiades pulled his deposits from an Athens bank. To protect his savings he bought a brand new Mercedes-Benz car, then took the advice of a financial consultant and invested the remainder in money market funds based in Luxembourg.If anyone gave in, it now appears it may have been Germany. But I am not sure there was movement by anyone. And Greeks have seen enough of these rumors not to trust any of them. Even if there is a deal, that deal may involve capital controls. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com |
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