In the first session of the week, investors traded with a positive and risk-on mood. The release of improving manufacturing PMI data in most countries (with the exception of China) and expectations that the vaccination campaign will be effective contributed to the optimism in financial markets.
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Financial markets started the week with cautious optimism, with investors looking ahead for the release of the minutes of the March meetings later this week by the Fed and the ECB. Talks between Russia and Ukraine are due to continue, while western governments called for new sanctions against Russia, prompting a new rise in oil prices.
El sector agroalimentari espanyol es caracteritza per la seva elevada propensió exportadora: la gamma de productes que exporta és cada vegada més àmplia i arriba a més destinacions. No obstant això, hi ha una altra dimensió que convé tenir en compte: la complexitat exportadora, un concepte que mesura la intensitat de coneixement necessari per produir els béns exportats. Perquè no solament importa exportar molt, sinó també el que s’exporta.
La situació del sector turístic ha millorat de forma considerable durant la temporada d’estiu. La vacuna ha estat un punt d’inflexió clar, que ha propiciat la retirada de les restriccions i la recuperació de la mobilitat a Europa, i ha mantingut la pandèmia sota control. Els indicadors de demanda, d’oferta i, fins i tot, de preus confirmen un canvi radical de la situació, no solament a Espanya, sinó també als països del nostre entorn. Així, la bona collita estiuenca ens empeny a ser optimistes de cara als mesos que han de venir, durant els quals esperem presenciar una consolidació de la recuperació que hauria de garantir que el 2022 torni a ser un bon any per a la indústria turística espanyola.
Europa és el principal emissor turístic del món i la conca del Mediterrani, el seu principal receptor. Això beneficia doblement Espanya, on el sector turístic és un dels més consolidats de la regió. No obstant això, altres mercats desenvolupen amb força les respectives indústries turístiques, i el retorn a escena d’Egipte, de Tunísia i de Turquia ha modificat l’entorn competitiu dels últims anys.
L’oferta d’habitatge nou continua creixent amb vigor, en especial a les zones amb més demanda. De cara als propers trimestres, la senda expansiva del sector tindrà continuïtat.
Markets ended the week in a cautious mood. Stocks were mixed, with European indices suffering moderate losses while the S&P 500 ended largely unchanged after having dipped earlier in the session. The earnings season kicked off with mostly solid results. Bitcoin closed "Crypto week" little changed (Trump signed the GENIUS Act on Friday).
Yesterday’s FOMC meeting boosted investor sentiment as the Fed sent a strong signal that the hiking cycle is over and that its members expect at least two rate cuts in 2024 (according to the median of the Dot-plot projections). This caused government bond yields to fall across the board, especially US Treasuries.
Friday’s session registered losses in nearly all major stock markets as investors reassessed elevated valuations in the technology sector. On the macro side, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index fell to a three-and-a-half year low, as worries about the economic consequences of the longest government shutdown ever increased.
In a session in which the focus was expected to be the FOMC meeting and the Q1 2020 US GDP release, investors shifted their attention to the expectations of an effective COVID-19 treatment.
Investors took a breather from the recent buying spree in government bonds during Thursday’s session, pushing yields higher on both sides of the Atlantic. Despite data releases yesterday showing inflation cooling more than expected in the Eurozone and the US, investors were cautious ahead of comments from some central bankers.
Investor sentiment improved in the last session of the week despite the release of April's U.S. employment report, which showed the largest job's loss since the Great Depression.
Financial markets closed the week with a sell-off session amid concerns of a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa. The main concerns are the speed at which this variant can spread and whether it will be immune to the vaccines. Volatility rose and demand for safe assets increased.
In yesterday’s session investors continued to assess the probability that the Fed will deliver 3-4 rate cuts this year given the strength of recent macroeconomic data. In particular, the February PCE deflator grew 2.5% y/y, up from 2.4% last month, and manufacturing activity rebounded sharply in March as the PMI increased to 50.3 from 47.8.
Investors traded with caution in the first session of the week. Looming trade negotiation deadlines and the EU's possible retaliatory measures triggered safe-haven flows and a rally in global bonds, with sharp declines in 10-year euro area sovereign yields and narrower peripheral spreads. Gold rose and the EUR strengthened towards $1.17.
Yesterday investors focused their attention on the ECB meeting, which delivered no surprises, and on a report that suggested that Joe Biden's Administration would increase the capital gains rate to finance social spending. In the US, this latter driver increased volatility in stock markets and the main indices declined.
On Tuesday investors traded with a risk-off mood as they took position ahead of the release of key reports for the Q4 earning season this week and the first monetary policy meeting by the Fed on 25-26 January.
Concerns about a hotter-than-expected inflation in the US centered the stage in yesterday’s session. In March, headline CPI rose by 3.5% y/y (3.2% in the previous month) and the core index rose by 3.8%, the same rate as in February.
Markets were mixed in yesterday's session as investors digested Trump's delay of the tariff deadline to August 1. The main U.S. stock indices were little changed, while European stocks rose across the board. The USD was stable against a basket of currencies and the EUR continued to fluctuate around $1.17.
Investors continued to trade with caution in anticipation of further monetary tightening by the Fed, despite ISM service sector survey in August was consistent with very solid growth in Q3. In the euro zone, the surveys anticipate the ECB will hike interest rates by, at least, 50 bp on Thursday.