Dollar, Bond Yields Slump; U.S. Futures Retreat: Markets Wrap
Bloomberg
Published Mar 11, 2020 03:31AM ET
Updated Mar 11, 2020 04:04AM ET
Dollar, Bond Yields Slump; U.S. Futures Retreat: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) -- Volatility continued to reign in markets Wednesday, with sovereign bond yields falling after yesterday’s surge, the dollar sliding and U.S. stock futures dropping.
Contracts on the S&P 500 Index fell more than 2% after the U.S. administration failed to offer details on what President Donald Trump said would be “major” measures to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus. European futures rose after the near 5% rally on Wall Street Tuesday. Asian equities fell, while the yen surged and crude oil held most of Tuesday’s rebound.
The pound reversed an earlier gain to edge lower after the Bank of England cut interest rates.
Australia joined peers from Japan to Brazil to Italy that have sunk into a bear market this month.
“We saw a relief rally yesterday that just hasn’t been sustainable,” Kerry Craig, global market strategist at JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Asset Management in Melbourne, told Bloomberg TV. A delayed response raises the risk that “employment growth starts to fall, unemployment starts to rise -- and that’s a more difficult story to try to reverse and see growth come back later in the year,” he said.
Meantime, Joe Biden cemented his position as front-runner for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination with primary victories Tuesday, further easing concerns among those opposing Bernie Sanders’s progressive platform.
Here are some key events coming up:
- The European Central Bank’s policy decision comes Thursday amid expectations it may ease policy.
- The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer unveils the government’s 2020 budget on Wednesday.
- The U.S. core consumer price index, due Wednesday, is expected to remain subdued in February.
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