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Treasuries Extend Drop in August on Fed Outlook as Dollar Gains
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August 30, 2016 — 7:11 PM EDT Updated on August 31, 2016 — 7:32 AM EDT
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Treasuries extended their steepest monthly loss since June 2015 and the dollar strengthened against the yen as hawkish rhetoric from Federal Reserve officials over the past two weeks steered financial markets.
Ten-year Treasury yields headed for the biggest monthly jump in more than a year as traders almost doubled bets of a September Fed rate increase to 34 percent. The dollar advanced for a sixth day against the yen in the longest winning streak since March. Banks led a second day of gains in European stocks as Commerzbank AG rallied amid merger speculation. Oil trimmed its advance in the best month since April.
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is poised for its first monthly gain since May as prospects for higher U.S. borrowing costs diverge with policy in Europe and Japan, where central banks stand ready to boost stimulus. A private report on jobs Wednesday, ahead of Friday’s monthly payrolls, may provide insight on whether America’s economy is strong enough to withstand a rate increase as early as next month, following comments by Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer on Tuesday that any move in September will be data dependent.
The dollar has been “supported by the recent, more hawkish comments from the Fed which have signaled that the Fed is moving closer to resuming rate hikes,” said Lee Hardman, a foreign-exchange strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in London. “The key will be the incoming economic data.”
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries rose one basis points to 1.58 percent at 7:32 a.m. in New York, up 13 basis points in August. The rate on two-year notes, the most sensitive to the monetary policy outlook, climbed 15 basis points this month to 0.81 percent, with the spread versus 30-year rates at the narrowest since January 2008 on Tuesday.
The Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Index has declined 0.6 percent in August, set for the biggest monthly loss since June last year.
“A December hike remains very likely, although a bumper payrolls on Friday would make September more live,” said Peter Jolly, the global head of markets research at National Australia Bank Ltd. in Sydney. “The yield curve almost always flattens when the Fed raises rates. Curve flattening has not finished.”
The World Bank is in the process of selling a bond denominated in the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights, the world’s first such offering in three decades. The issuance is taking place in Shanghai before China’s currency is included in SDRs from Oct. 1.
Currencies
The dollar gained 0.3 percent to 103.25 yen, extending this month’s advance to 1.1 percent. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed, leaving it 0.5 percent higher in August after closing at the highest since July 28 on Tuesday. Prices for Fed funds futures imply a 59 percent chance of an interest-rate increase this year, up from 36 percent at the start of the month.
New Zealand’s dollar strengthened 0.3 percent on Wednesday, extending this month’s gain, as a report showed business confidence in the nation was at a 20-month high.
A gauge of emerging-market currencies was little changed in August. South Africa’s rand slid 4.3 percent after a police summons for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan heightened political risk in the country, while Russia’s ruble gained 1.2 percent amid a rebound in oil.
Stocks
The Stoxx 600 rose 0.4 percent, on course for a 1.2 percent increase for August. Commerzbank rose 4 percent after Manager Magazin reported that rival Deutsche Bank AG considered the possibility of a merger. Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer John Cryan said Germany’s largest lender is looking to shrink in size.
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European banks are heading for their best monthly performance since February 2015, supported by earnings that beat analysts’ estimates for the first time in a year. With economic data for the region exceeding forecasts for most of the last two months and the Federal Reserve likely to hike interest rates this year, investors expect profits at financial firms to improve, according to Simon Wiersma, an Amsterdam-based investment manager at ING Bank NV, which oversees about 26 billion euros ($29 billion).
Bouygues SA added 2.6 percent after the French building, media and telecommunications company said average revenue per mobile user stabilized and it reiterated a 2016 target to improve profitability.
S&P 500 futures were little changed after equities retreated on Tuesday. The ADP Research Institute will probably report private payrolls rose by 175,000 in August.
The Lyxor ETF Brazil, an exchange-traded fund in Paris, rose 1 percent as the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff neared its end.
Commodities
Crude oil traded at $46.05 a barrel in New York before government data due Wednesday that’s forecast to show U.S. stockpiles increased by 1.3 million barrels last week. The price surged 11 percent for this month amid speculation informal talks among OPEC members in Algeria next month will result in an output freeze.
Gold was headed for a monthly loss of almost 3 percent as the prospect of a Fed rate hike dulls the allure of assets that don’t bear interest. This is the metal’s first drop in August since 2009. Prices normally rise in this month onIndian buying. Holdings in gold exchange-trade funds rose about 25 metric tons this month, the smallest gain in 2016.
Copper slid 6 percent in London since July on concern a glut is worsening. It rose 0.5 percent on Wednesday after Chilean miner Codelco halted one mine and faced the possibility of a strike at another, threatening disruptions from the world’s top supplier of the mined metal.
Corn was headed for a third monthly drop with prices touching $3.155 a bushel on Tuesday in Chicago, the lowest since 2009. The U.S. crop was rated 75 percent good-to-excellent as of Aug. 28, the highest since 1994, official figures show.