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More from BOS Gov Linde: ‘Not impossible’ that Spain meets it’s deficit target this year

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:04 AM PST

  • Recent data ‘goes in the right  direction’
  • Any slippage in 2013 will be ‘correctable’
  • Targets are ‘fundamental’ for confidence
  • Spanish banks will participate in the bad bank ‘ without doubt’

Bloomberg reporting

UK BOE Data Show GDP Forecast To Fall On Quarter In Q4

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:00 AM PST

-BOE Forecasts -0.2% Growth For Q4; 0.25% for 2013

LONDON (MNI) – The Bank of England has forecast growth to fall in
the fourth quarter and expects to see virtually no growth throughout the
whole of 2013.

Figures released today showed the BOE forecasting year-on-year
growth of 0.5% in Q4 which according to MNI calculations means GDP is
forecast to fall 0.19% on the quarter.

Growth is expected to pick up slowly throughout 2013 with output
expected to rise 0.25% q/q in Q1, 0.36% in Q2, 0.5% in Q3 and 0.53% in
Q4. For 2013 growth is expected to come in at just 0.25%, before rising
to 1.25% in 2014.

–London newsroom 0044 20 7862 7491; email: puglow@marketnews.com

[TOPICS: M$B$$$,M$$BE$]

Update: BOE MPC Rules Out Rate Cut; 1 Vote For More QE

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:00 AM PST

-BOE MPC: Voted 8-1 for unchanged QE at Nov meet
-BOE MPC: Unlikely to cut bank rate in foreseeable future

LONDON (MNI) – At its November meeting the Bank of England Monetary
Policy Committee voted eight to one in favour of leaving quantitative
easing unchanged and effectively ruled out taking Bank Rate below 0.5%,
the minutes show.

Only MPC member David Miles voted for any extra QE at the November
meeting, and he only opted for a further stg25 billion. The MPC also
looked again at the case for cutting Bank Rate below 0.5%, but this time
concluded, in light of BOE staff research, that it was unlikely to want
to cut it in the foreseeable future.

Market pricing has suggested a further cut in Bank Rate is seen as
likely. In its November Inflation Report the BOE’s market rate
assumption was that Bank Rate would fall to 0.3% by Q2 2013 before
rising again to 0.4% by Q2 2014.

The MPC looked at BOE staff research which showed a Bank Rate cut
would weaken some lenders’ balance sheets, notably building societies,
and that some of them may respond by restricting lending. At the same
time, the Funding for Lending Scheme, which should boost lending, is now
up and running.

“Viewed against the backdrop of the Funding for Lending Scheme and
the potential for building societies to play a material role in
increasing lending, the Committee judged that it was unlikely to wish to
reduce Bank Rate in the foreseeable future,” the minutes said.

On extra QE, the MPC said it was possible that adding to demand
stimulus could boost growth and moderate the damage to supply capacity.

The majority on the MPC, however, were skeptical about its ability
to raise productivity. They noted some of the productivity weakness may
reflect problems in capital allocation in the wake of the financial
crisis and this was “a constraint on output growth that would be
unlikely to be removed by further demand stimulus alone.”

In addition, CPI had risen to 2.7% in the latest print, in part due
to administered price hikes, notably utility bill increases, and “the
risks of inflation being significantly below the target were likely to
be less.”

The MPC majority highlighted the problems of adding to stimulus at
a time when inflation is running markedly above its 2% target.

“The prospect of continued above-target inflation in the near term
increased the chance that any pickup in productivity would result in
higher wage demands, rather than a reduction in firms’ costs,” the
minutes said.

“This had added to the other potential costs of injecting further
monetary stimulus at the current time,” they said.

For Miles, however, “the case for undertaking additional asset
purchases at this meeting was nevertheless strong.”

He accepted it was unlikely inflation would fall substantially
below target but argued that the amount of slack in the economy meant it
was possible to boost output growth “without causing material
inflationary pressure.”

Analysts’ median forecast had been for a unanimous vote on more QE
but many had cited the possibility of Miles voting for more.

The controversial decision to transfer gilt coupons from the BOE’s
Asset Purchase Facility to the Treasury, effectively adding stimulus,
was discussed by the MPC.

They agreed the transfer “would imply a small easing in monetary
conditions” but that it did not affect the MPC’s ability to set monetary
policy, as they would take the extra stimulus into account in making
their decisions.

-London newsroom: Tel: +44 207 862 7491; email:drobinson@marketnews.com

[TOPICS: M$$BE$,MT$$$$]

ACB caps the cable

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:57 AM PST

Talk in the street that an Asian sovereign was spotted towards the 1.5930 level on that last rally  following the MPC minutes release from 1.5905 (high 1.5930), and there are more offers sitting above in the 1.5940/50 zone,  with some bids  now drawn up to 1.5900/10.

GBP/USD’s trading around 1.5919,

Yen slumps as USD and cross buy stops are tripped.

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:44 AM PST

Buy stops were tripped up through 82.00, 105.10, 85.10 in the USD/JPY, EUR/JPY and AUD/JPY respectively, in what traders are saying are thin market conditions ahead of the  Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow in the US.

There’s a barrier sitting up at 82.50 in USD/JPY with offers protecting in front from 82.30. High so far has stalled  at 82.26just ahead of the 76.4% retracement of the March/June fall @82.27).

EUR/JPY’ s hit fresh highs of  105.24 and more offers await towards the May 4 highs of 105.55.

AUD/JPY blasts up to 85.34 after tripping additional stops through 85.30 with next point of reference being the  April 4 high of 85.58

Current levels- 82.20, 105.10 and 85.25

Update:Schaeuble Said EFSF Could Fund Greek Debt Buybacks: MP

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PST

–Adds Comments To Story Sent At 09:05 GMT

BERLIN (MNI) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told
parliamentarians on Wednesday that a debt buyback program for Greece was
indispensable, Michael Fuchs, a lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s
CDU said.

The money would need to come from Europe’s temporary rescue fund,
the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), and would be on top of
the already planned aid measures for Greece, Fuchs told reporters after
a briefing from Schaeuble.

Schaeuble said the EFSF’s volume would have to be increased by E10
billion to fund the Greek debt buyback program, another official who
attended the parliamentary meeting said under condition of anonymity.

The finance minister gave the impression there is a real risk that
the International Monetary Fund could pull out of the Greek rescue
program if no solution on the country’s debt sustainability were found,
Fuchs said, noting that Schaeuble again stressed the importance of
keeping the IMF on board.

Germany still opposes a haircut on Greek debt held by the public
sector, Norbert Barthle, another CDU lawmaker said. “I expect that we’ll
do something with the interest rate level and the maturities of the
loans” for Greece, said Barthle, who is the CDU/CSU’s parliamentary
budget speaker. Moreover, Greece could use the proceeds from the future
privatization of states assets to buy back its own bonds, he said.

An official sector haircut, however, would be “completely
counter-productive”, Barthle stressed, because this would mean that
Germany could no longer give guarantees for loans to Greece. “It is not
possible to guarantee loans which we expect to default,” he said.

Extending the Greek aid program beyond 2014 “will cost around E14
billion – that’s what we’re talking about now,” the lawmaker said.

Both Barthle and Fuchs said they expected Eurozone finance
ministers to come to an agreement at the Eurogroup meeting next Monday.
The Bundestag could then vote on the measures the following Friday,
Fuchs said.

–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@mni-news.com

[TOPICS: M$X$$$,M$G$$$,MGX$$$,M$$CR$,MT$$$$,M$Y$$$]

BOE Agents Report Sees Little Job Creation Next Six Months

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PST

LONDON (MNI) – Employment intentions suggest that there will be
very little job creation in the private sector over the next six months
and UK manufacturing output is becoming more affected by the slowdown in
the global economy, according to the latest Bank of England Agents’
Report.

The Agents’ report shows employment intentions were broadly
unchanged compared with the previous month, with little net job creation
in prospect over the coming six months.

The report also said that manufacturing output for export had
continued to grow more steadily than for the domestic market, but
slowing export growth had begun to affect production plans.

Consumer spending remains constrained, the report says, adding that
retailers planned to control stock levels very tightly in the coming
weeks despite a slight pick-up in spending on durable goods.

Turning to the construction sector, it says that although output in
the sector was widely expected to continue to fall in the coming months,
there were suggestions that the fall in activity had begun to bottom
out. Work on both residential and infrastructure schemes had picked up
since the summer, the report adds.

In terms of credit conditions, the report says that recent
reductions in financial institutions’ marginal funding costs as a result
of the Funding for Lending scheme appeared to be working through more
quickly in the residential mortgage market than in corporate lending.
Mortgage lending rates had begun to ease and the supply of mortgages at
higher loan to value ratios was improving. Small firms were still
finding it difficult to access finance, the report says.

The report says that capacity utilisation remained a little below
normal with only isolated reports of constraints. Some manufacturers had
yet to fully deploy new productive capacity and a number reported that
pressure on output had reduced a little, the report says.

Prospects for business investment remained very modest, the report
adds. Those manufacturers needing immediate extra capacity were prepared
to invest strongly but, for others, uncertain domestic prospects were
suppressing planned investment into UK capacity.

–London newsroom: 4420 7862 7492; e-mail: wwilkes@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: M$B$$$,M$$BE$]

UK Analysis: Oct Borrowing More than Forecast; Receipts Poor

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PST

-Oct PSNBX Stg8.604bn Vs Stg5.937bn In Sep 2011
-Oct Year-To-Date PSNBX Ex-Royal Mail Up Stg5Bn On Year Ago

LONDON (MNI) – UK public borrowing in October was up from year ago
levels, with a slowdown in receipts growth meaning we could see little
or no improvement in borrowing this year.

While Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been helped by
a temporary boost of Royal Mail pensions and by transferring the coupon
payments resulting from Quantitative Easing from the BOE, the underlying
picture remains poor. With GDP growth likely to remain weak for some
time, it is difficult to see how receipts will pick up enough to make a
sizeable impact in the deficit.

Public sector net borrowing excluding financial interventions,
PSNBX, came in at Stg8.604 billion in October, up from Stg5.937 billion
in the same month a year earlier. Analysts had expected to see a lower
outturn of Stg6.2 billion

For the year to data PSNBX stood at Stg45.3 billion, down from
Stg68.3 billion, although this has been flattered by the one-off
transfer or pensions from Royal Mail.

Ex-Royal Mail PSNBX was Stg73.3 billion in April to October,
compared with Stg68.3 billion in the same period a year earlier, a rise
of 7.3%.

While spending growth is running a little below the Office for
Budget Responsibility’s forecast, receipts growth is far weaker.
Spending was up 2.3% for the year to date compared with the OBR forecast
of 3%. Receipts growth, however, was up just 0.4% against the forecast
of 3.7%.

Earlier this month the Treasury announced that it would be
transferring the cash balances from the Asset Purchase Facility to HMT
along with any further coupon payments. National Statistics have yet to
rule on what impact this will have on the public finances but it looks
set to decrease debt financing by around Stg11 billion this year and
Stg36bn next year.

The transfer of the stock from the APF is likely to cut net debt
this year, while the ongoing coupon payment transfer is expected to
reduce the deficit in the future.

National Statistics confirmed this morning that they would rule on
the treatment of the coupon transfers by January.

–London bureau: 0044 20 7862 7491; email: puglow@marketnews.com

[TOPICS: M$B$$$,MABDS$]

BOE Minutes: MPC Rules Out Bank Rate Cut; 1 Vote For More QE

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PST

-BOE MPC: Voted 8-1 for unchanged QE at Nov meet
-BOE MPC: Unlikely to cut bank rate in foreseeable future

LONDON (MNI) – At its November meeting the Bank of England Monetary
Policy Committee voted eight to one in favour of leaving quantitative
easing unchanged and effectively ruled out taking Bank Rate below 0.5%.

Only MPC member David Miles voted for any extra QE at the November
meeting, and he only opted for a further stg25 billion. The MPC also
looked again at the case for cutting Bank Rate below 0.5%, but this time
concluded, in light of BOE staff research, that it was unlikely to want
to cut it in the foreseeable future.

Market pricing has suggested a further cut in Bank Rate is seen as
likely. In its November Inflation Report the BOE’s market rate
assumption was that Bank Rate would fall to 0.3% by Q2 2013 before
rising again to 0.4% by Q2 2014.

The MPC looked at BOE staff research which showed a Bank Rate cut
would weaken some lenders’ balance sheets, notably building societies,
and that some of them may respond by restricting lending. At the same
time, the Funding for Lending Scheme, which should boost lending, is now
up and running.

“Viewed against the backdrop of the Funding for Lending Scheme and
the potential for building societies to play a material role in
increasing lending, the Committee judged that it was unlikely to wish to
reduce Bank Rate in the foreseeable future,” the minutes said.

On extra QE, the MPC said it was possible that adding to demand
stimulus could boost growth and moderate the damage to supply capacity.

The majority on the MPC, however, were skeptical about its ability
to raise productivity. They noted some of the productivity weakness may
reflect problems in capital allocation in the wake of the financial
crisis and this was “a constraint on output growth that would be
unlikely to be removed by further demand stimulus alone.”

In addition, CPI had risen to 2.7% in the latest print, in part due
to administered price hikes, notably utility bill increases, and “the
risks of inflation being significantly below the target were likely to
be less.”

-London newsroom: Tel: +44 207 862 7491; email:drobinson@marketnews.com

[TOPICS: M$$BE$,MT$$$$]

BOE minutes: MPC voted 9-0 to keep rates at 0.5%, 8-1 to keep QE target £375 bln

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:35 AM PST

  • Miles called for 25 bln more QE
  • Limited signs of hit to supply, above-target inflation added to costs of more monetary stimulus at current time
  • MPC members differed over exact impact of QE and over arguements in favour of more monetary easing
  • MPC judged it was unlikely to cut bank rate in foreseeable future
  • QE coupons deal would increase private sector cash holdings, reduce gilt holdings

UK Oct PSNB £6.503 bln ( expected £4.0 bln) from £3.819 bln in Oct 2011)

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:31 AM PST

October PSNCR falls to  -£14,677 from -£15.515 bln in Oct 2011

PSNB Ex intervention £8.604bln  ( expected £6.0 bln) from  £5.937 bln in Oct 2011

Germany MP: Schaeuble Said EFSF Cld Fund Greek Debt Buybacks

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:10 AM PST

BERLIN (MNI) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told
parliamentarians on Wednesday that a debt buyback program for Greece was
indispensable, Michael Fuchs, a lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s
CDU said.

The money would need to come from Europe’s temporary rescue fund,
the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), and would be on top of
the already planned aid measures for Greece, Fuchs told reporters after
a briefing from Schaeuble.

The minister gave the impression there is a real risk that the
International Monetary Fund could pull out of the Greek rescue program
if no solution on the country’s debt sustainability were fund, Fuchs
said, noting that Schaeuble again stressed the importance of keeping
the IMF on board.

Germany still opposes a haircut on Greek debt held by the public
sector, Norbert Barthle, another CDU lawmaker said. “I expect that we’ll
do something with the interest rate level and the maturities of the
loans” for Greece, said Barthle, who is the CDU/CSU’s parliamentary
budget speaker. Moreover, Greece could use the proceeds from the future
privatization of states assets to buy back its own bonds, he said.

An official sector haircut, however, would be “completely
counter-productive”, Barthle stressed, because this would mean that
Germany could no longer give guarantees for loans to Greece. “It is not
possible to guarantee loans which we expect to default,” he said.

Extending the Greek aid program beyond 2014 “will cost around E14
billion – that’s what we’re talking about now,” the lawmaker said.

Both Barthle and Fuchs said they expected Eurozone finance
ministers to come to an agreement at the Eurogroup meeting next Monday.
The Bundestag could then vote on the measures the following Friday,
Fuchs said.

–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@mni-news.com

[TOPICS: M$X$$$,M$G$$$,MGX$$$,M$$CR$,MT$$$$,M$Y$$$]

Germany’s Merkel: Greece’s financing hole through 2016 can be filled with combination of lower rates and increasing EFSF

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:05 AM PST

  • EFSF Guarantees could be increased by Eur 10 bln, Germany would assume its share
  • Different Eurozone countries could help Greece in different ways

The Chancellor was speaking to lawmakers

French ForMin Fabius: France, Germany shouldn’t lecture each other

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:45 AM PST

  • France, Germany must have partnership of equals (in your dreams pumpkin)
  • Fashionable to call France sick man of Europe (sure is)
  • French bond interest rates not much above Germany’s (shhhhhhhhhh, don’t go telling everyone!!!)

Gold remains rangebound, but looks underlyingly bid

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:43 AM PST

The yellow metal is slap in the middle of the daily Ichimoku cloud between  $1693 and $1760 with this week’s range so far squashed to $1720-36 and looking to go nowhere just now. Dips under 1700 towards the  100 day MA currently around 1685.50 are likely to prompt fresh demand as Eurozone uncertainty continues, oil prices rise and geopolitical M/E tensions build.

India , the world’s biggest buyer of Gold, has prompted action from the  Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  which has barred banks from extending loans to Gold purchasers in an attempt to limit the current speculation, but with analysts and investors all forecasting a surge next year the writing does appear to be on the wall for a surge in prices.

Gerry mentioned  yesterday that  legendary investor George Soros  was joining the bull party  by upping his holdings by 49% in Q3, and Paulson& Co  have  placed a $3.66 bln bet through the SPDR that the metal will rise, according to the SEC.

A latest Bloomberg poll of 16 analysts  sees Gold rising in each quarter in 2013, averaging around $1925 an ounce

The recent rally  is stumbling around the 50% retracement of the $1795-1674  (around  1735) which is the drop from early Oct to early Nov, but a break back up through the 61.8% retracement around $1749, should lead a charge back up towards $1795.

On an intraday basis $1730 is the near term resistance and the $1739.50, with initial support down at $1720 and then $1713.25.

XAU/USD’s  presently trading around $1725.25

 

More from Linde: Lower growth could put at risk 2013 budget goal

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:32 AM PST

  • Targeted deficit cut for 2013 ‘very ambitious’
  • Deficit target ambitious in recession context
  • Spain to recover lost competitiveness in 2014
  • To recoup labor cost competitiveness lost since 98

Schaeuble tells lawmakers it is still open question whether 2020 or 2022 is benchmark for Greek debt sustainability – Source

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:22 AM PST

Whatever…..

  • Tells lawmakers there is still no agreement on how to fill 14 bln eur hole in Greek finances through 2014 (get the Finns to cough up)
  • Tells lawmakers ECB believes Greece can raise 9bln through t-bill issues
  • Tells lawmakers Greek debt buyback could be done through expansion of EFSF programme

Reuters reporting.

 

France Fin Min: Eurogroup Deal On Greek Bailout Likely Monday

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:10 AM PST

PARIS (MNI) – EMU finance ministers came within “a hair” of an
accord on the Greek bailout earlier Wednesday and should be able to nail
down a deal next Monday, once “a few technical parameters” are worked
out, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Wednesday.

“We were very close to an accord” this morning, Moscovici said in a
radio interview, but declined to finger those responsible for the
deadlock. He said he was “very confident” that issues like the reduction
on lending rates to Greece and banks’ exposure to its debt could be
ironed out by Monday.

In the wake of Moody’s downgrade of France’s credit status from
triple-A to Aa1, in part based on the government’s rosy assumptions
for domestic growth, Moscovici insisted that the forecast for 0.8% GDP
growth next year was “realistic”, while citing a long list of
preconditions.

If the Eurozone is able to overcome its imbalances, if a solution
is found for Greece, if Spain is able to access financial aid, if an
accord on centralized bank supervision is found by year’s end, and if
reforms to bolster domestic competitiveness are “rigorously”
implemented, then, “Yes, we will make 0.8% next year and we will make 2%
in 2014,” he said.

Moscovici played down the significance of the downgrade, noting
that it had very little impact on government yields and that Moody’s had
recognized a number of strong points in the French economy. “We still
remain at a very high level of quality,” he argued.

–Paris newsroom +331 4271 5540; Email: stephen@marketnews.com.

[TOPICS: M$F$$$,M$X$$$,MGX$$$,M$$$Y$,M$$CR$,MT$$$$]

Bank of Spain Gov Linde: ECB has contributed to stability in crisis

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:09 AM PST

  • OMT plan eased pressure on markets
  • Spain still suffering restrictive funding conditions
  • Spain must reduce dependency on foreign funding
  • Spain economy in ‘delicate’ situation
  • Outlook for coming quarters not favourable in Spain
  • Budget cuts are essential
  • Spanish economic recovery depends on reforms
  • Competitiveness, public finances are key for Spain
  • Revenue forecasts should be prudent
  • Can’t rule out slippage on budget this year
  • Possible slippage can be offset with other cs (that’ll go down well)
  • Budget target depends on measures working as expected

Bloomberg reporting.

Today’s orderboard

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 11:33 PM PST

EUR/USD:  Bids 1.2730/40(real money, sovereigns,US Banks), possible sell stops below. More bids 1.2700/10, further sell stops on a break and through 1.2680, ahead of bids 1.2650/60(100 day MA at 1.2654 ).Offers 1.2780 though to 1.2810 ( 200 day MA  1.2805)  and more offers/tech 1.2830/50 (31.8% Oct17 –Nov 13 fall 1.2842).

GBP/USD:   Bids 1.5880/90 and bids/ tech 1.5850/60 (200 day MA at 1.5854), more 1.5800/10 and tech supp 1.5790 (50% fibo of June-Sept rally) sell stops below 1.5790. Offers 1.5925/35 possible buy stops just above, ahead of tech res 1.5940/50 ( daily cloud base 1.5937) , larger up at 1.6000/10 (kijun line 1.6003)

EUR/GBP:  Offers 0.8045/55, buy stops above ahead of stronger offers 0.8080/8100.  (200 day MA at 0.8076).  Bids /tech supp/options at 0.8000/10, sell stops just below ahead of more bids 0.7985/95, tech supp cloud base 0.7975, and at 0.7960/70. (79.64 100 day MA).

USD/JPY:  Bids 81.55/75, 40/50 and 80.90/81.10, sell stops through 80.90 ahead of more bids  80.50/60. Offers 81.90/00 from exporters / option protection (82.00 barrier)buy stops through 82.00 ahead of more offers 82.30/50 ( 82.50 barrier)

EUR/JPY:  Offers 105.00/10 buy stops above ahead of further offers  105.45/55 (May 4 high 105.55). Bids 104.00/10 sell stop below ahead of bids 103.50/60 with further sell stops below

AUD/JPY:  Bids 84.55/65 and 84.20/30, sell stops below and through 84.00.  Offers 85.00/10 buy stops with larger on a break of 85.20/30 (85.27 – 76.4% retracement of March 18-Jun 1 fall around 85.27)

AUD/USD: Bids 1.0345/55 real money sovereigns, possible small sell stops through 1.0340 ahead of larger support 1.0330 down to 1.0300 (cloud base 1.0328, 200 day MA 1.0316. Offers 1.0385/00, and 1.0415/25, with larger up at 1.0450/60

EUR/AUD: Bids 1.2290/10, 1.2250/60 larger down at 1.2200/10(100 day 1.2200). Offers from 1.2340/50 and 1.2390/10 buy stops though 200 day MA at 1.2411

NZD/USD: Bids 0.8125/40 (daily cloud base 0.8136, 100 day MA 0.8128), sell stops through 0.8120 ahead of bids 0.8100/.10 with more sell stops through 0.8100. Offers  0.8165/75 with larger up at  0.8190/00.

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