Dollar up again, yields rising - but why?
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Why is the US dollar climbing while the Australian dollar stays steady?
The US dollar continues to rise, bond yields are also rising. Is this all because inflation concerns are continuing, or is there a bit of a tramp factor here? Or in the UK case, are the bid bond vigilantes really that worried about debt? Uh if we know what the cause is, maybe we'll know when it stops. It's Tuesday, it's the fourteenth of January, twenty twenty four. It's the morning call from NAB. Good morning. Well, the US dollar higher again. It got over a hundred and ten for a while, just below a hundred and nine point nine now on the DXY. That's uh up another naught point two per cent. For once, the Aussie isn't taking the hit though. It's actually up against the rising US dollar. It's up a quarter percent to just above sixty-one point six US cents now.
The euro down naught point three percent, the pound down a third of one percent, getting to its lowest level in more than a year, and bond yields continue to To rise. Up two basis points for ten-year treasuries, up six in Canada, up five in the UK, up nine basis points for Australian ten-year yields yesterday to four point six three percent, now on futures closer to four point six seven percent, and shares in the US. Well, a bit lackluster for most of the session, but lots of buying into the close with the Dow up almost 0.9%, the close up 0.2% for the SP. The NASDAQ, which was down one percent at one point, closed down, still down, but uh a little under naught point four percent down, and the Russell two thousand, which was down one percent an hour or so ago, actually closed up a quarter percent.
So a big turn around there. Stocks also down in Europe, half percent off the Eurostocks fifty at closed, not point three percent lower for the FTSE one hundred. Shares down across Asia yesterday, of course, and the ASX two hundred closed down. 1.2% yesterday. Oil has pushed a bit higher, up two point eight percent for WTI, one point four percent for Brent, Brent around eighty one a barrel now. Gold has turned around, losing one point three percent. Bitcoin, incidentally, down two point five percent in one day, down seven and a half percent since the middle of last week. So Rodrigo Catrill is back with us for the first time. This year, we've got the US dollar. Obviously inflation concerns pushing bond yields higher.
But also I mean, there's a Trump factor here, isn't there, which is factored into all of this? Um
morning Phil.
How are inflation worries and the Trump election influencing rising bond yields?
Yeah, so um I suppose there there's a sum of of of issues going on here. When you when you think about the the dollar and is say having appeal, uh the uncertainty that we've seen ahead of you know the Trump um uh presidential inauguration, uh and and that uncertainty in terms of what he's actually gonna say and and make a priority for his first one hundred days in is a big deal so when there's uncertainty the dollar gets supported. Um we've seen of course that repricing of Fed expectations and move up in yields which is favouring the the US dollar. And then you look at the sum of its parts, uh and then of course uh you know the pound in particular has been uh getting hurt and the move up in yields has kept uh your dollar yen elevated as well.
So uh all of these factors are contributing to to the dollar being well supported in addition to as well to the performance of the US economy, which is telling us that um the US is doing well better than than other majors uh and again um supporting the US dollar. So a a combination of major things, but certainly I think that ahead of the Trump um presidential um um inauguration that is a big uncertainty uh and it's been reflected in in markets as well in terms of volatility in um and uh and do you know the downmo down one move in the equity market too.
Right, and it's sort of like different reasons in different places, isn't it? So in the UK, I mean Rachel Reeves is getting lambasted for her budget basically last year, increasing government debt, which we sort of knew at the time, but the Pond vigilantes are out in force, aren't they? Because there's a uh a concern that um you know uh that this is it it is just gonna cost more, gonna cost the government more and so that just adds to the woes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is the US dollar climbing while the Australian dollar stays steady?
0:01–2:17
2
How are inflation worries and the Trump election influencing rising bond yields?
2:17–6:00
3
What role do UK fiscal pressures and bond vigilantes play in the global dollar rally?
6:00–9:20
4
How are central banks’ balance‑sheet tightening and quantitative‑easing unwind affecting yields?
9:20–11:53
5
Why are oil prices surging and how do sanctions and tariff fears impact markets?
11:53–13:16
6
What is driving the recent strength of the Australian economy despite global headwinds?
13:16–15:30
7
How will upcoming consumer‑confidence data and the BOJ’s policy outlook shape early‑2025 markets?
15:30–16:11
8
Could the Trump‑related tariff uncertainty cause a rapid unwind of the US dollar’s gains?
16:11–16:14