This monthly commentary has been one of the most difficult to write in a long time. The reason for this, is that global markets are changing so fast with monumental shifts happening on a regular basis. I have attempted to capture some of the larger changes below, but no doubt by the time you are reading this it will seem like old news due to some other monumental shift. RBNZ cuts 0.50% We will start with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) surprising the markets with a 0.50% cut
Will they or won’t they……cut? Over the last quarter global markets have shown a high level of uncertainty around what the US Federal Reserve will do with interest rates. The markets had priced in a 90% chance that the Fed would reduce the cash rate by 0.50%, and a 51% chance of 0.75% rate cut by the end of 2019. This is a significant change from September last year when the markets were pricing in a high chance of two rate increases. US jobs data came out stronger than expected
