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Why are US equity markets rallying today and what does it mean for investors?
Well, it's gonna take a while before the RBA cuts rates. It seems that was clear from yesterday's meeting. February might just be a pipe dream now. Will we also be a bit hopeful if we expect that the winner of the US election will be known this time tomorrow? Remember when George W. was voted in, that took till December. And if it's as close as the poll suggests, it's gonna be challenged, isn't it? Anyway, the journey starts right now. It's Wednesday, it's the 6th of November 2024. It's the morning call. Good morning. So some positivity in the US stock market today after a uh pretty maudlin start to the week. The Dow is up one percent at close, one point two percent for the S P and one point four percent for the Nasdaq, and one point nine per cent for the Russell two thousand.
In Europe, well shares mainly on the up, not point four percent higher for the Eurostocks fifty at close, but a naught point one per cent fall in the FTSE one hundred in the UK. The US dollar is down again, another naught point four percent off the DX. Why? The Aussie is the main beneficiary. It's up three quarters of one percent to a little over 66.3 US cents. The pound is up almost 0.6%, 0.4% for the euro. Bond yields are struggling to find direction in the US. Ten year Treasury stuck at 4.29%, up three basis points for 10-year bundes in Germany, though, and UK yields still rising higher up four basis points to four point five three percent. Just a few basis.
What did the RBA say about February rate cuts and why is February now a ‘pipe‑dream’?
Basis points off the high for the last twelve months. An Aussie ten years finished at four point five six percent yesterday, a few basis points higher than that on futures now. An oil today higher again up 0.9% for WTI, another 0.7% on Brent, up over 7560 a barrel, but peaking over seventy-six twenty in this session. So America, the polls start closing in a matter of hours. Two very different political and economic paths. Which one will be chosen? It really is a sliding doors moment, isn't it, for the US? Nabs Taylor Nugent joins me from Melbourne today. Before we worry about America, uh let's talk about the RBA closer to home. They are still worried about services inflation. And February is looking more like a forlorn hope, isn't it?
That it's looking less likely that they'll be cutting cutting that early in the year next year.
Yeah, good good morning, Phil. I mean the RBA on a whole, the short version is no surprises, communication very similar to to February, some modest revisions to their forecasts, downward revisions to their their growth profile, large largely as expected. You could certainly say that there's still left a little bit of downside risk to their forecasts for the activity uh growth through the second half of of this year, but they're they're kind of forecasts Through 2025, 2026 have come down to something like two and a quarter, which is closer to what we've been expecting from pretty elevated levels. But you know, your point there about you know what does this mean for the timing? You know, the RBA sticking to their their script, which is pretty well known at this point that you know, the RBA they didn't raise rates as far, they'd have don't have rates as um in as restricted.
restrictive settings, even as some other central banks have already started to cut, um, and they're not yet comfortable on inflation because they still see the economy running a little bit above potential. All of that means that they're, you know, they're very much on the sidelines. They're not in any rush to to join kind of a the the global easing cycle.
How are the latest US election polls shaping expectations for tomorrow’s results?
And a big part of that is just because they don't have rates as restrictive and they haven't made as much progress. You know, the challenge there as we look forward You know, our viewers. Is and and remains that, you know, we not we don't think progress has stalled. Uh we agree that there's a you know a small positive output gap remaining, but we'll kind of continue to see progress on that. We'll continue to see some gradual progress uh on on inflation as we look forward. Um, you know, in terms of the timing though, you know, the the environment that the RBA is in, as and when they they do cuts, they'll be cutting, you know, fairly gradual.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are US equity markets rallying today and what does it mean for investors?
0:01–1:20
2
What did the RBA say about February rate cuts and why is February now a ‘pipe‑dream’?
1:20–3:19
3
How are the latest US election polls shaping expectations for tomorrow’s results?
3:19–5:16
4
Why is the Australian dollar strengthening and is it linked to the RBA’s stance?
5:16–6:50
5
What does the US Services ISM reading reveal about the resilience of the US economy?
6:50–8:58
6
How will New Zealand’s upcoming labour market data influence the RBNZ’s policy path?
8:58–10:42
7
What do the latest Chinese Services and Manufacturing PMI numbers indicate for growth?
10:42–12:44
8
How might today’s US election outcome affect global markets and upcoming policy decisions?
12:44–14:38