Morning Brew September 20 2022

Good Morning

Markets are seesawing ahead of the central bank decisions, here are the probabilities as of right now:

Fed:  +0.75% with 81% Probability, 1% with 19% probability

SNB: +0.75% with 53% Probability, 1% with 46% probability

BoE: +0.5% with 69% Probability, 0.75% with 31% probability

Initially risk came under pressure yesterday but could recover through late trading and overnight.

The GER40 fell to 12600 before rising 300 points to 12900, all three US Indexes gain around 0.7% and all eyes are on the FOMC. Outlier was the healthcare sector, that fell a little lower on president Biden`s declaration that the Corona epidemic was over.

Along overall sentiment, the USD gave up ground and the USD Index fell to 109.60. EURUSD is back above parity, GBPUSD rose to 1.1434, USDJPY remains at 143.35. Gold gained to 1672 and Silver 19.45.

China left rates unchanged as expected.

The Japanese CPI remains high at 2.8% and is seen to rise to 3% in October but there is no action expected from the Bank of Japan. The BoJ set`s rates in the night from Wednesday to Thursday but no change is expected with 97.6% probability.

In the US , confidence of Home Builders fell again and remains “Poor” at below 50. Cause are the Mortgage rates, that continue to rise:  . The 30-year fixed mortgage rate was above 6% last week for the first time since 2008.

Bitcoin felt to 18283 yesterday before recovering to 19400,  ETH traded as low as 1281 before rising to 1365

The Market will be dominated by the FOMC and any possible comments from central bankers. The Germans PPI Canadian CPI or US Building permits would have to come as a real surprise to move markets. 0.75% or 1% by the FOMC is the  forefront of traders’ minds, Investors are not likely to enter the market before Thursday when the picture is a little less muddy.

Expiries

        Physically Settled Futures:

Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) - Oct 2022 (CLV2) will expire 20^th Sep 15:00 GMT

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