Daily Archives: March 7, 2023

Markets Continue To Flirt With Risk-On Signals

There’s no shortage of threats lurking, ranging from inflation, elevated interest rates that may go higher still, and various geopolitical threats. But market sentiment has improved recently, climbing a wall of worry and suggesting that investors are presuming that the worst has passed for the world economy, based on various ETF pairs through yesterday’s close (Mar. 6).

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Macro Briefing: 7 March 2023

* China foreign minister warns of conflict with US
* China exports fell 2.8% in Jan-Feb vs. year-ago levels
* Debt-ceiling risk for US economy in focus today in Senate panel
* Fed Chair Powell will testify in Congress today on economic outlook
* US supply chains return to normal in February, says NY Fed
* Meta plans for another round of job cuts
* US factory orders continue to decelerate in January via 1-year trend:

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