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US equity markets couldn’t maintain initial gains, the S&P500 sagging at the close to be down 0.4%. The US dollar and US bond yields fell.

Equity markets rebounded after a torrid six weeks, the S&P500 up 2.4%. Risk-sensitive currencies outperformed, and bond yields rose slightly.

Equity markets deteriorated further, the S&P500 down 1.7% to a 14-month low, and 20% below the peak in January. Bond yields fell further, and safe-havens USD and JPY rose.

Stronger than expected US inflation data stoked concerns about Fed tightening and possible recession. Short-term interest rates are slightly higher, long term rates slightly lower, and the S&P500 is down 1.7% to a 12-month low. The USD was volatile but is little changed.

US equity market sentiment stabilised, the S&P500 off a 12-month low and up 0.3% on the day. Bond yields fell further, and the US dollar rose.

US equity market sentiment deteriorated further, weighed down by concerns that rate hikes could cause a recession. The S&P500 is down 3.2% and at a 12-month low. Bond yields fell, as did risk-sensitive currencies.

Equity market sentiment remained defensive in the wake of a solid US jobs report, the S&P500 closing down 0.6%. Bond yields rose slightly, while the US dollar closed little changed.

Markets reversed the previous day’s dovish response to the Fed decision, as inflation concerns resurfaced. The S&P500 is down 4.1%, and bond yields and the US dollar are higher.

The Fed hiked by 50bp but Chair Powell was not as hawkish as equity markets had feared, the S&P500 up 3.0% in response. Bond yields and the USD fell as 75bp hikes were ruled out.

US equities halted a losing streak on the eve of the Fed decision, the S&P500 up 0.5%. Bond yields and the US dollar also paused.

US equities weakened further for most of the session amid concerns about higher interest rates and slower economic growth, the S&P500 making a fresh 12-month low before rebounding near the close to +0.5%. Bond yield rose ahead of this week’s key Fed meeting, despite disappointing manufacturing data. The US dollar rose.

US equities fell amid economic growth concerns, the S&P500 down 3.6% to a 12-month low. Bond yields rose, helped by stronger wage inflation data, while AUD and NZD underperformed.

US equities rose amid strong company earnings reports, the S&P500 up 2.5%. Bond yields rose, despite disappointing US GDP data, as did the US dollar to a 19-year high.

US equities stabilised, the S&P500 up 0.2%. Bond yields rose, as did the US dollar to a five-year high. There were few major news catalysts.

US equities extended April’s decline, the S&P500 down 1.0% to a six-week low as growth concerns continued to weigh and Russia cut gas supplies. Bond yields fell, and the defensive US dollar rose to a fresh two-year high.

European equities fell to a one-month low, while US equities have recovered from an initial slump, the S&P500 up 0.6%. Bond yields fell, and the defensive US dollar rose to a two-year high.

US equities are lower, the S&P500 down 1.5%. Bond yields rose amid some hawkish central bank comments. The AUD and NZD underperformed.

US equities are little changed, the S&P500 up 0.1%. But bond yields fell from multi-year highs, as did the US dollar, as markets reassessed Fed rate hike expectations.

US equities rose amid a solid start to the company reporting season, the S&P500 up 1.6%. Bond yields rose further to three-year highs, as did the US dollar to a two-year high, while commodities fell on growth concerns.

US equities fell to a one-month low in thin post-Easter trading, the S&P500 down 0.1%. Bond yields rose slightly further to three-year highs, as did the US dollar to a two-year high.