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This follows final week’s equally disappointing July manufacturing PMI, which signalled deeper sectoral contraction and bolstered the market’s anticipation of a quicker tempo of Fed easing. Market pricing was largely unchanged following the ISM companies information – it appears traders have priced in ‘lots’ for now. A 25-basis-point (bp) minimize stays in play for September’s assembly, with practically 60 bps of easing implied for the year-end.

There’s restricted tier-1 occasion threat forward right now, with focus shifting to the Financial institution of England’s (BoE) price choice tomorrow. I’ll publish a extra in-depth preview forward of the assembly, however suffice it to say, traders have assigned a 94% likelihood that the BoE will scale back the financial institution price by 25 bps from four.25% to four.00%.

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On the tariff entrance, India stays on US President Donald Trump’s radar, with the President saying plans to extend tariffs on Indian imports past the present 25% price inside 24 hours on the again of India’s continued purchases of Russian oil as ‘fuelling the conflict’ in Ukraine. Regardless of India providing zero tariffs on US items, Trump deemed this inadequate because of the oil difficulty. India defended its place, noting it imports over a 3rd of its oil from Russia and arguing that stopping these purchases may destabilise international oil markets and drive costs larger.

The Indian authorities additionally identified the hypocrisy of being singled out, highlighting that the EU carried out US$78 billion in commerce with Russia in 2024, whereas the US continues importing Russian uranium, palladium, and different supplies. This escalating commerce dispute represents a sudden deterioration in US-India relations since Trump’s preliminary tariff announcement on 31 July, elevating issues about potential financial impacts on India.

Stateside, with Governor Adriana Krugler’s surprising resignation announcement that she’s going to depart her submit sooner than anticipated on eight August – her time period was initially attributable to finish on 31 January 2026 – Trump introduced that he’ll determine on a brand new Fed Governor by the top of the week. Additionally not too long ago hitting the wires, Trump famous that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated he doesn’t wish to be nominated for the function of the brand new Fed Chair. 4 persons are within the working for the brand new Fed Chair spot, in keeping with Trump, and with Bessent not within the body, we have now the ‘Two Kevins’ – Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh – in addition to the presently serving Fed Governor, Christopher Waller, however the id of the remaining candidate is unclear.

Written by FP Markets Chief Market Analyst Aaron Hill