US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 25 November -0.8% vs +2.2% prior 0 (0)

<ul><li>Prior +2.2%</li><li>Market index 208.1 vs 209.8 prior</li><li>Purchase index 181.0 vs 174.4 prior</li><li>Refinance index 325.5 vs 373.6 prior</li><li>30-year mortgage rate 6.49% vs 6.67% prior</li></ul><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>Mortgage activity declined in the past week but it was a bit of a mixed report with purchases recovering slightly while refinance activity falling sharply. That comes despite another big drop in the average rate of the most popular US home loan, down 18 bps to 6.49%.</p>

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Global growth set to slow to below 2% next year – Citi 0 (0)

<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>Here are some snippets from the latest on the global economy from Citi:</p><ul><li>Global growth to slow to below 2% in 2023</li><li>Sees Fed terminal rate between 5.25% to 5.50%</li><li>Sees 2023 US headline inflation at 4.8%</li><li>Sees US GDP growth of 0.7% next year, China GDP growth of 5.6%</li></ul><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The firm adds that „we see global performance as likely plagued by ‚rolling‘ country-level recessions through the year ahead“, with their forecasts projecting the UK and Eurozone economies to contract by 1.5% and 0.4% respectively in 2023.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>As for the slower growth outlook, the firm is citing continued challenges from the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has led to surging inflation and aggressive policy tightening by major central banks in response.</p>

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Eurozone November preliminary CPI +10.0% vs +10.4% y/y expected 0 (0)

<ul><li>Prior +10.6%</li><li>Core CPI +5.0% vs +5.0% y/y expected</li><li>Prior +5.0%</li></ul><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The headline reading may be softer than expected but notice that the core reading remains unchanged from October, holding at a record high. As mentioned <a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/news/heres-a-slight-splotch-to-the-softer-spanish-inflation-report-20221129/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“>here</a> yesterday, the softer price pressures are largely to do with a drop in energy costs but we are seeing higher prices be embedded in other areas of the economy and that is reflected by the core reading.</p>

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Beijing says community Covid testing can be dropped for people who have no need to go out 0 (0)

<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>It doesn’t mean an end to the stringent measures but at least the people are being given alternatives now, rather than be forced to endure community testing regardless. These little steps will add up eventually, in a slow progression towards the re-opening in China.</p>

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