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The charts that matter: copper hits a ten-year high
The price of copper has surged to its highest since the summer of 2011. Here’s what happened to the other charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The US dollar index (DXY – a measure of the strength of the dollar against a basket of the currencies of its major trading partners) continued to slide.
(Image credit: US dollar index chart)
(DXY: three months)
The Chinese yuan (or renminbi) looked to be weakening against the dollar recently, but has strengthened in the last week or two (when the red line is rising, the dollar is strengthening while the yuan is weakening).
(Image credit: USD/CNY currency chart)
(Chinese yuan to the US dollar: since 25 Jun 2019)
The downward drift in the yield on the ten-year US government bond halted, as yields turned back up.
(Image credit: US treasury bond yield chart)
(Ten-year US Treasury yield: three months)
The yield on the Japanese ten-year bond also arrested its decline.
(Image credit: Japanese government bond yield chart)
(Ten-year Japanese government bond yield: three months)
The yield on the ten-year German Bund, continued its seemingly unstoppable rise towards positive territory.
(Image credit: German Bund yield chart)
(Ten-year Bund yield: three months)
Copper’s raging bull market continued. It’s up by 26% so far this year and is up to its highest level since 2011.
(Image credit: Copper price chart)
(Copper: nine months)
The closely-related Aussie dollar is wobbling higher along with copper.
(Image credit: AUD/USD currency chart)
(Aussie dollar vs US dollar exchange rate: three months)
Cryptocurrency bitcoin recovered some of its losses, bit its meteoric rise seems to be over – for now.
(Image credit: Bitcoin price chart)
(Bitcoin: three months)
US weekly initial jobless claims continued its downward trend, falling by 13,000 to 553,000, compared to 566,000 last week (revised up from 547,000). The four-week moving average fell to 611,750, down 44,000 from 655,750 (which was revised up from 651,000) the week before. It’s the lowest average number of claims since March 2020, when it was 225,500.
(Image credit: US initial jobless claims chart)
(US initial jobless claims, four-week moving average: since Jan 2020)
The oil price seems to be making its way back up, but faces headwinds as India’s economy slows. India is the world’s third biggest oil market.
(Image credit: Brent crude oil price chart)
(Brent crude oil: three months)
Amazon headed up – investors’ appetite for growth stocks has clearly not exhausted itself yet.
(Image credit: Amazon share price chart)
(Amazon: three months)
Tesla, however, slipped down, despite higher profits (though not all from selling electric cars – Tesla made $101m from bitcoin and $518m from “regulatory credits”).
(Image credit: Tesla share price chart)
(Tesla: three months)
Have a great weekend.
Ben
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