Macro The main macro development this week was the sharp reduction in geopolitical risk following the interim US-Iran agreement. The deal established a 60-day negotiation period, reopened the Strait of Hormuz, lifted naval blockades, and temporarily allowed Iran to resume…
Macro The macro narrative this week shifted from pure Iran-war risk toward a more complicated mix of geopolitical de-escalation hopes, sticky but moderating inflation, higher-for-longer central banks, and renewed frontier-tech exuberance. Trump again claimed that a peace deal with Iran…
Macro The dominant macro development this week was a significant reassessment of the US growth and policy outlook. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 172K in May versus expectations near 90K, while upward revisions pushed average job creation over the past three…
Macro Increasing geopolitical fragmentation remains the dominant macro theme. Despite disruption to Gulf energy flows, the Russia-Ukraine war, rising fiscal pressures and ongoing supply-chain stress, developed-market growth has remained more resilient than expected, and risk assets continue to perform well.…
Macro The dominant macro theme remained the US-Iran conflict and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz, as markets increasingly abandoned the view that the disruption was temporary. After more than 80 days of disruption, investors have begun shifting…
Macro The macro backdrop deteriorated further as markets increasingly shifted from pricing geopolitical tail risk toward pricing sustained energy, inflation and supply-chain disruption. Investors no longer treated the Iran shock as temporary. Brent remained above $100/bbl for most of the…
Macro The macro backdrop remained resilient but increasingly uneven, with the April payroll report reinforcing the “stable, not overheating” narrative. The key macro data point was another resilient but uneven U.S. labour report. Nonfarm payrolls rose 115K versus expectations near…
Macro The global macro backdrop remains defined by a widening divergence between resilient headline activity and a rapidly deteriorating underlying structure, as the energy shock from the Iran conflict continues to propagate through inflation, trade, and policy channels. U.S. growth…
Macro The macro backdrop is increasingly defined by a tightening constraint set between resilient growth, persistent inflation and limited policy flexibility. Incoming data continue to argue against recession, with U.S. labour conditions holding and payroll growth (~68K/month YTD) still sufficient…
Macro The macro backdrop this week was defined by a widening gap between what markets were pricing and what the physical economy was still dealing with. U.S. activity remained resilient enough to support the expansion narrative, with initial jobless claims…
