G10 Macro – Market Commentary

5 minutes read time 2023 encompassed the extremes of the recent global rate hiking cycle. The peak yield in the UST 10y rate of 5% at the end of October, sharply reversed on the Fed pivot to finish the year almost where it started at 3.88%.

G10 Macro Rates: December Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read time November was a sharp reversal of trends seen in the prior months and all the volatility in rates was very much a push back against the “higher for longer” mantra.

G10 Macro Rates: November Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read time November was a sharp reversal of trends seen in the prior months and all the volatility in rates was very much a push back against the “higher for longer” mantra.

G10 Macro Rates: October Monthly Commentary

< 1 minute read time The Pacific G10 Macro Rates team discuss the impact of October being the first month since January 2022 to not have a single G10 central bank move a base rate higher.

G10 Macro Rates: August Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read time The Pacific G10 Macro Rates team discuss strategic portfolio positioning, which this month benefited from the steepening yield curves and the continued softening in data from the lagged impact of monetary tightening. This gives the team confidence in the future opportunities for healthy returns, read the full commentary here.

G10 Macro Rates: July Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read time Was July the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end of the current rate hiking cycle? Most G10 central bank rate paths are now priced at, or close to peak rates. The softening of July data in Europe and the US provoked a dovish hike of 25bps each. Other than jawboning from […]