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Carney backs away from one guidance pillar

By Michael Hewson (Chief Market

Analyst at CMC Markets UK)

After several days of sideways trading on both sides of the Atlantic we finally got the move we were looking for yesterday, and it was in the form of a sharp move to the downside across all major markets, as one earnings announcement after the other continued to lack the conviction investors were looking for to take equity markets higher, ahead of more possible action by the US Federal Reserve next week.

Yesterday’s disappointing economic data from China may have been the initial catalyst for the move lower, but a significant improvement in German economic data as well as some average US data appeared to suggest that as far as the ECB is concerned there is unlikely to be any further imminent easing, while yesterday’s US data was just about good enough to suggest that we could well get further Fed action next week.

With central banks currently in no mood to sweeten the punch bowl further, investors appear to have taken this as an excuse to take some risk off the table and load up on gold, treasuries and the Japanese yen.

While talking about concerns of tighter monetary policy, Bank of England governor Mark Carney appeared to suggest that the Bank of England’s guidance threshold of 7% unemployment may not be as important as markets had been led to believe, in comments made in Davos.

When asked about changing the guidance, he played down the importance of “focussing on one indicator.” Some have suggested that the Governor has decided to ignore this particular indicator, but given we haven’t hit the 7% level yet, and may not do so for a couple of months yet, it seems premature to consign it the scrap heap just yet, given the threshold was always a “staging post” and not a trigger.

For the ILO measure to hit the 7% level in the December numbers, we would need to see a one month figure of 6.6%, which would be a huge surprise, given that November’s number was 7.4% and October’s was 7%.

In any case as far as getting forecasts wrong the Bank of England does have previous. It wouldn’t be the first time that the Bank of England has ignored a guidance threshold, or got their forecasts hopelessly wrong. They’ve been getting the inflation one wrong for years and no one is suggesting that they scrap that.

Last night’s comments shouldn’t really have been a surprise given comments he made in November last year “one could imagine a scenario where the unemployment threshold is reached and that the best policy for the MPC at that period of time is to keep rates at current levels because the trade-off between output and inflation is attractive,” he said. With inflation now at 2% the Bank is clearly playing that trade-off.

It doesn’t change the fact that markets will be looking for some form of rate rise by 2015, but they pretty much knew that when the 2016 guidance was announced.

Markets will now be looking towards February’s inflation report when the Bank publishes its latest forecasts and guidance thresholds.

In other news ratings agency Moody’s is scheduled to give a ratings update on the UK and France.

EURUSD – the lack of follow through below the 100 day MA has seen a sharp reversal pushing us back through 1.3600 and all the way back to the 1.3700 area, and the highs last week. Long term trend line resistance remains at 1.3865 from the all-time highs at 1.6040 and ultimately this remains the key obstacle to a move through 1.4000.

Support now looks pretty solid around the 1.3500 area and only a move below negates a potential retest of the highs.

GBPUSD – having pushed through 1.6620 area yesterday the pound now looks set to hone in on the 2011 highs at 1.6745, and then behind that at the 2009 highs at 1.7045. Any pullbacks are likely to find support at 1.6480, and then 1.6300.

Only a break below 1.6250 signals a top is in and the potential for a move lower towards 1.6000.

EURGBP – having found support at the 0.8160/70 level which is the 61.8% retracement of the entire up move from 0.7755 to the 2013 highs at 0.8815, and a new one year low, we’ve rebounded strongly posting a bullish engulfing day, suggesting the scope for a rebound. A move back through the 0.8270 level could well see a move towards 0.8330 and trend line resistance from last August highs at 0.8400.

USDJPY – the US dollar, unable to push beyond 104.80 saw a sharp drop which keeps the prospect of a move back towards 102.00, but we need to break below the 102.90 level first. Resistance remains at this week’s high at 104.80 and 105.50, the recent highs and Fibonacci resistance.

Equity market calls

FTSE100 is expected to open 7 points higher at 6,780

DAX is expected to open 10 points higher at 9,641

CAC40 is expected to open unchanged at 4,281

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