Fear of China's coronavirus outbreak was the major theme in the global markets last week. At the time of writing, number of confirmed cases were close to 12000. While the majority of the infected in China, the virus has spread to at least 23 countries already. And, most important, there appears to be no sign of a slow down yet. Global equities suffered crash-mode selloff while safe haven flows pushed bond yields sharply lower. In the currency markets commodity currencies ended as the weakest naturally, with Australian Dollar leading the way. European majors were the strongest, as led by Sterling. However, it should be noted that after late selloff, Dollar has indeed ended as the fourth weakest. Traders drastically increased their bets on a Fed rate cut, on follow stocks and yields, as well ass worsening yield curve inversion. There are also talks that China wouldn't be able to fulfil it's trade obligations to the US considering the trouble it's facing. |
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