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1609 RBA Kent: The Restrictive Stance of Monetary PolicyThank you to Reuters and LSEG for the opportunity to speak today. The Monetary Policy Board sets the level of the cash rate that it judges will achieve low and stable inflation and full employment. The cash rate affects economic activity, employment and inflation through its infl 2026.08.13 1610 US: Tailing 10Y Auction Prices At Highest Yield Since 2007When discussing yesterday's stellar 3Y auction, we said that the impressive demand for 3 year paper indicated that nobody was worried about today's CPI print... and as we learned this morning, that was justified, since the CPI came in right as expected. And since inflation is tam 2026.08.13 1611 Japan: Monthly Report on the Corporate Goods Price Index (Preliminary Figures for July 2026)tables 2026.08.12 1612 US Dollar Bounce Looks Vulnerable, EUR/USD Respects Resistance for NowWhile the dollar is retracing higher for now, bulls are making hard work of the gains – and clues from the weekly chart suggest further losses could await as the year progresses. We may have seen a significant high in the week of June 22, with a double top and bearish engulfing w 2026.08.12 1613 New things are comingalmost there... 2026.08.12 1614 UK Residential Market Survey July 2026The July 2026 RICS UK Residential Market Survey results point to little change in the overall subdued narrative reported over recent months, with metrics on buyer demand and sales still languishing in negative territory. That said, short-term sales expectations have become gradua 2026.08.12 1615 Rates Spark: Inflation is and isn’t the issueThere was no big market reaction to the benign CPI report for July. Market break-evens have been discounting a benign inflation story for some time now, with break-evens comfortably below the 2.5% printed for core inflation. Still, it was a good number, and better for the front e 2026.08.12 1616 US CPI Chips Away At Hike PricingUS CPI came and went with little market fanfare. Core inflation landed on the generous side of consensus at 0.215% m/m SA as core goods and core services inflation picked up. Pricing for the September FOMC meeting slipped and now sits at just 10bps, down sharply from a peak of 27 2026.08.12 1617 easyMarkets Reports More Cautious Trading as Gold and Oil Lead Q2 ActivityRetail traders adopted a more defensive approach during the second quarter of 2026 as geopolitical tensions and mixed macroeconomic signals created uncertainty across global markets, according to easyMarkets' latest quarterly trading review. While Gold remained the most traded in 2026.08.12 1618 easyMarkets Reports More Cautious Trading as Gold and Oil Lead Q2 ActivityRetail traders adopted a more defensive approach during the second quarter of 2026 as geopolitical tensions and mixed macroeconomic signals created uncertainty across global markets, according to easyMarkets' latest quarterly trading review. While Gold remained the most traded in 2026.08.12 1619 Why Washington Sold Euros to Save the YenThe United States joined Japan's currency defense last week. It paid for it in euros, and Europe was not part of the conversation. On Friday, July 31, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought yen on behalf of the U.S. Treasury. According to the Financial Times, whose report wa 2026.08.12 1620 U.S. budget deficit surged in July to highest level since March 2021The U.S. budget deficit soared to its highest monthly level in more than five years amid a surge in Medicare costs and as interest on the federal debt continued to weigh on the nation’s fiscal picture, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday. In addition to the big single-mont 2026.08.12