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Trading Day: Teflon stocks glide higher

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By Jamie McGeever

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – TRADING DAY

Making sense of the forces driving global markets

By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist

Markets again lacked a unifying theme on Wednesday, as world stocks hit record highs, Wall Street ended mixed and Treasury yields tumbled, all against a backdrop of patchy U.S. economic data and a lack of clarity on global trade talks.

In my column today I look at how, despite justifiable fears of tariff-fueled price rises later this year and beyond, the global forces of disinflation are stronger right now than the forces of inflation. More on that below, but first, a roundup of the main market moves.

If you have more time to read, here are a few articles I recommend to help you make sense of what happened in markets today.

1. U.S. private payrolls post smallest gain in over twoyears in May 2. Euro needn’t dethrone dollar to draw reserve flood: MikeDolan 3. Trump tax-cut bill could cost $2.4 trillion, less thanearlier forecast 4. Trump calls China’s Xi tough, ‘hard to make a deal with’ 5. U.S. economic activity declines as tariffs pressureprices, Fed says

Today’s Key Market Moves

* World stocks hit an all-time high, as the MSCI AllCountry index rises for a third day to 890.94 points. * The S&P 500 and Nasdaq edge higher, with the tech sectoramong the leading gainers and energy the biggest decliner. * The Canadian dollar climbs to an eight-month high of1.3650 per $ after the BoC leaves interest rates unchanged at2.75%. * Treasuries rally following a batch of weak U.S. economicdata. Longer-dated yields fall 10 bps, the steepest drop inseven weeks. * Oil falls 1%, pressured by a surprisingly large build-upin gasoline and diesel inventories.

Teflon stocks glide higher

Financial market moves can usually be traced to, or at least reasonably explained by, a narrative or new development that changes investors’ view of the value of the asset in question. But some days, they are difficult to rationalize.

Wednesday was one of those days, at least in equities. Wall Street rose for a third session, the Nasdaq climbed back into the green for the year, and global stocks rose to their highest level on record.

Yet the newsflow was hardly bullish, although the nonpartisan U.S. Congressional Budget Office did lower its estimate of how much President Donald Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill will add to the national debt by $1.4 trillion.

On the trade front, the Trump administration doubled steel and aluminum tariffs, and it became clear that trade talks with Europe and China are proving difficult. The deadline for countries to show their “best offers” to avoid other punitive import levies taking effect next month passed on Wednesday too.

China’s decision in April to suspend exports of a wide range of rare earths continues to wreak havoc across crucial supply chains around the world, especially in the auto industry. Some European auto parts plants have suspended production.

On the economic data front, the U.S. ‘stagflation’ alarm bells could not have rung louder on Wednesday.

Figures showed U.S. private sector employment growth in May was the slowest in more than two years, perhaps an ominous signal for Friday’s non-farm payroll report. Meanwhile, the services sector contracted in May for the first time in nearly a year and input prices paid by businesses leaped to their highest in two and a half years.

If gold prices took their cue from the ‘flation’ side of those numbers, the bond market took its cue from the ‘stag’ side of the equation. Treasuries prices rallied strongly, and the 10-year yield posted its biggest fall since mid-April.

Trump used the weak economic data to take to social media and repeat his call for Fed Chair Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell to lower interest rates, complaining that “Europe” has already cut rates nine times.

If he’s referring to the European Central Bank, that’s not quite accurate. The ECB has cut rates seven times since June last year, but is widely expected to make that eight on Thursday.

The Bank of Canada took a leaf out of the Fed’s book on Wednesday, deciding against cutting interest rates and choosing to wait and see what the effects of U.S. trade policy are. It said another rate cut might be needed, however, if the economy slows sufficiently.

Aside from the ECB, the biggest market-moving event on Thursday could be China’s ‘unofficial’ services sector PMI report for May. Signs of renewed weakness might be the cue for a ‘risk-off’ tone to world markets on Thursday, although the evidence of Wednesday shows that’s no guarantee.

Disinflation is a greater force right now than inflation

Investors, consumers and policymakers may justifiably fear the specter of tariff-fueled inflation later this year and beyond, but it’s powerful global disinflationary forces that are weighing most heavily right now.

The OECD said on Tuesday it expects collective annual headline inflation in G20 economies to moderate to 3.6% this year from 6.2% last year, cooling further in 2026 to 3.2%.

But the United States is an “important exception,” the OECD argues, and it sees inflation there rising to just under 4% later this year and remaining above target in 2026.

While annual PCE consumer inflation in the U.S. cooled to 2.1% in April, the slowest rate in four years and virtually at the Fed’s 2% target, consumer inflation expectations are the loftiest in decades. The Fed has paused its easing cycle as a result, and U.S. bond yields are higher than most of their G10 peers.

Economists at Goldman Sachs share the OECD’s view that U.S. inflation will pick up to near 4% this year, with tariffs accounting for around half of that. Many others also agree that the U.S. appears to be the exception, not the rule.

The world’s next two largest economies, China and the euro zone, find themselves trying to stave off disinflation. Deepening trade and financial ties between the two may only intensify these forces, keeping a lid on price increases.

SPECTER OF DEFLATION

Annual inflation in the euro zone cooled to 1.9% in May, below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, essentially setting the seal on another quarter-point rate cut later this week. More easing appears to be in the cards.

As economists at Nomura point out, inflation swaps are priced for inflation undershooting the ECB’s target for at least the next two years. This, combined with weakening growth due to U.S. tariffs and disinflationary pressure from China, could force the ECB to cut rates another 50 basis points to 1.5% by September.

China’s war on deflation is, of course, well-known to investors, but it has appeared to slip off their collective radar given how protracted it has become.

The last time annual inflation in China eclipsed 1% was more than two years ago, and it has remained near zero, on average, ever since. China’s 10-year bond yield remains anchored near January’s record low below 1.60%, reflecting investors’ skepticism that price pressures will accelerate any time soon.

They have reason to be doubtful. Deflation and record-low bond yields continue to stalk the economy despite Beijing’s fiscal and monetary stimulus efforts since September. And punitive tariffs on exports to the U.S., one of its largest export markets, are generating massive uncertainty about the country’s economic outlook moving forward.

REER-VIEW MIRROR

This is where the exchange rate becomes important. On the face of it, Beijing appears to have resisted mounting pressure on the yuan thus far, with the onshore and offshore yuan last week trading near their strongest levels against the dollar since November.

But when considering the yuan’s broad real effective exchange rate (REER), an inflation-adjusted measure of its value against a basket of currencies, the Chinese currency is the weakest since 2012. Robin Brooks at The Brookings Institution reckons it may be undervalued by more than 10%.

With China’s goods so cheap in the global marketplace, China is essentially exporting deflation. And the yuan’s relative weakness could put pressure on other Asian countries to weaken their currencies to keep them competitive, even as the Trump administration potentially encourages these governments to do the exact opposite.

Countries in Asia and around the world, especially in the euro zone, may also be nervous that China could dump goods previously bound for the U.S. on their markets.

If anyone wants confirmation that the “tariffs equal inflation” view is too simplistic, they got it this week from Switzerland, where deflation is back and potential negative interest rates may not be far behind.

True, Trump’s threatened tariffs could throw everything up in the air. But the Swiss example is a warning to markets and policymakers that global disinflationary forces may be spreading.

What could move markets tomorrow?

* Australia trade (April) * South Korea GDP (Q1, revised) * China Caixin services PMI (May) * European Central Bank interest rate decision * Canada trade (April) * Canada PMI (May) * U.S. weekly jobless claims * U.S. trade (April) * Fed officials speaking at various events include: FedGovernor Adriana Kugler, Kansas City Fed President JeffreySchmid, and Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker

Opinions expressed are those of the author. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

(By Jamie McGeever; Editing by Nia Williams)



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