Archive - Jun 27, 2014 - Story

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (C) poses with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) at the EU Council in Brussels June 27, 2014 following the singing of Ukraine's trade agreement with EU. Euphoria ensues.

• Yellen Spending Recipe Lacking Key Ingredient: Bigger Wage Gains (BBG)
• Ukraine signs trade agreement with EU, draws Russian threat (Reuters)
• GM Documents Show Senior Executive Had Role in Switch (WSJ)
• Australian Report Postulates Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Lost Oxygen (WSJ)
• World’s Biggest Debt Load Lures Distressed Funds to China  (BBG)
• GPIF Rushing Into Riskier Assets Before Ready, Okina Says (BBG)
• Japan Prices Rise Most Since ’82 on Tax, Utility Fees (BBG)
• Italian Debt Swells to Rival Germany as Bond Yields Slide (BBG)
• China’s Manhattan Project Marred by Ghost Buildings (BBG)
• BOE's Carney Says Rates Won't Rise to Levels Previously Considered Normal (WSJ)

Abe's honeymoon is over. Following nearly two years of having free reign to crush the Japanese economy with his idiotic monetary and fiscal policies - but, but the Nikkei is up - the market may have finally pulled its head out of its, well, sand, and after last night's abysmal economic data from Japan which saw not only the highest (cost-push) inflation rate since 1982, in everything but wages (hence, zero demand-pull) - after wages dropped for 23 consecutive months, disposable income imploded - but a total collapse in household spending, the USDJPY  appears to have finally been dislodged from its rigged resting place just around 102. As a result the 50 pip overnight drop to 101.4 was the biggest drop in over a month. And since the Nikkei is nothing but the USDJPY (same for the S&P), Japan stocks tumbled 1.4%, their biggest drop in weeks, as suddenly the days of the grand Keynesian ninja out of Tokyo appear numbered. Unless Nomura manages to stabilize USDJPY and push it higher, look for the USDJPY to slide back to double digits in the coming weeks.