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The charts that matter: bond yields plummet again
Government bond yields around the world took a dive again this week. Here’s how it affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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Merryn’s pulled another big hitter out of the bag as a guest on this week’s podcast – historian and author Professor Niall Ferguson. He talks to Merryn about the unpredictability of disaster and how we’ll never be prepared for it. Plus, he gives his views on bitcoin (he’s a fan), Covid restrictions and our possible descent into a total surveillance society. Find out what he has to say here.
The US dollar index (DXY – a measure of the strength of the dollar against a basket of the currencies of its major trading partners) climbed higher.
(Image credit: US dollar index chart)
(DXY: three months)
The Chinese yuan (or renminbi) reflected the dollar’s strength, weakening a little (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)
After seeming to settle last week, the yield on the ten-year US government bond dived lower again.
(Image credit: US Treasury bond yield chart)
(Ten-year US Treasury yield: three months)
The yield on the Japanese ten-year bond reversed last week’s gains.
(Image credit: Japanese government bond yield chart)
(Ten-year Japanese government bond yield: three months)
And the yield on the ten-year German Bund fell back to its level of three months ago.
The closely-related Aussie dollar resumed its slide.
(Image credit: AUD/USD currency chart)
(Aussie dollar vs US dollar exchange rate: three months)
Bitcoin drifted lower.
(Image credit: Bitcoin price chart)
(Bitcoin: three months)
US weekly initial jobless claims rose slightly, up by 2,000 to 373,000, revised up from 364,000. The four-week moving average fell, however, down 250 to 394,500.
(Image credit: US initial weekly jobless claims chart)
(US initial jobless claims, four-week moving average: since Jan 2020)
The oil price paused for breath – but that might not be the end of its bull run.
While Tesla fell back, with a little rally towards the end of the week.
(Image credit: Tesla share price chart)
(Tesla: three months)
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