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Sunday, August 25

25th Aug - Weekly Previews #4161




Take Five: World markets themes for the week aheadReuters
G7 set for communique-tion breakdown * Summer of bond love * Growth pains * Soft inflation ahead of ECB * China’s yuan is a one-way street *

Key events in developed markets next weekING
The outcome of the Jackson Hole symposium and political developments in the UK and Italy will help to steer trading in the week ahead. On the data front, investors will be eyeing the final eurozone inflation number before the September ECB meeting

Week AheadNordea
Will fiscal easing prevent further monetary madness? Era of unconventional monetary policy may only just have begun but fiscal easing might save the day * Surge in Swedish unemployment rate suggests rate cuts of 100bp

Weekly FocusDanske Bank
Euro area: inflation readings before September ECB meeting * US: Capex orders (signs of trade war?) * Brexit talks

Government Bonds WeeklyDanske Bank
Volatility in Bund and Buxl swap spreads - a reflection of a hedging need in swaps rather than bonds as well as a modest reinvestment need from ECB * ECB purchases picking up as we enter September and with the expected reopening of the QE programme * Failed auction in Germany is not an issue for performance

China Weekly: Retaliation not over yetDanske Bank
China retaliated against Trump's tariff hikes on Friday. While countermeasures were expected, it was a reminder that the trade war is alive and kicking. * The retaliation is not over, though. China stated this week that it will announce the names on its 'unreliable entities list' soon, a countermeasure to the sanctions on Huawei. * USD/CNY moves to new 11-year high. We look for further CNY weakness. * Monetary reform to pave the way for more easing. Our GDP forecast for 2020 is lowered to 6.0% from 6.2% on continued trade war headwinds.

Weekly Market CommentMarc Chandler
The next US tax increase on Chinese imports goes into effect on September 1, and Beijing has threatened to retaliate. The Federal Reserve and the ECB will ease policy in the coming weeks.   The twice-delayed Japanese sales tax hike will be implemented in about five weeks.