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Mixed Eurozone PMI data, BOJ On Hold

EMERGING MARKETS
  • Global core FI is a little stronger in early trade Friday in a partial reversal of Thursday's selloff, with mixed European PMIs providing most of the interest.
  • The Bank of Japan board on Friday decided unanimously to maintain yield curve control and pledged to continue patiently with monetary easing amid high uncertainties on economies and financial markets. The BOJ also decided to keep a cap of the 10-year interest rate at 1.0% and kept the forward guidance for the policy rates, committing to conduct additional easing measures if necessary.
  • MNI (Shanghai) - China’s economy will experience limited effects from further U.S. Federal Reserve rate hikes as the People’s Bank of China will step in to stem any significant capital outflow, a PBOC Monetary Policy Committee member told MNI. Emerging markets will continue to suffer capital outflow pressure and currency depreciation as the Fed’s rate hikes strengthen the U.S dollar, which has attracted global funds into the American market, Wang Yiming told MNI on the sidelines of the 2023 Bund Summit in Shanghai.

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