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Daily Brief Macro: USD Watch: Markets Vastly Underestimate the Impact on USD Funding from the Debt Ceiling and more

In today’s briefing:

  • USD Watch: Markets Vastly Underestimate the Impact on USD Funding from the Debt Ceiling
  • The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma – XL Axiata’s Convergence Push, Cimory & GT, SCG Chemicals IPO
  • The Silver euphoria is over // Why crude oil continues to fall

USD Watch: Markets Vastly Underestimate the Impact on USD Funding from the Debt Ceiling

By Andreas Steno

  • The USD debt ceiling is a returning topic and it’s typically not overly important for markets, but this time is likely to be different. 
  • He repercussions for USD funding markets may be material and in sharp contrast to consensus expectations the USD may stage the biggest comeback since Lazarus.
  • In this piece we elaborate why you should expect volatility in USD funding rates in coming weeks

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma – XL Axiata’s Convergence Push, Cimory & GT, SCG Chemicals IPO

By Angus Mackintosh

  • The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with an eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive, and actionable insights, macro and equity bottom-up, from across South East Asia.
  • The past week saw insights on XL Axiata (EXCL IJ), Cisarua Mountain Dairy (CMRY IJ), SCG Chemicals IPO, Jardine Matheson Holdings (JM SP), and Flash Coffee. 
  • There were also macro insights on Thailand post last week’s election results plus related investment strategy and a price looking at the tapering of Thailand’s inflation.  

The Silver euphoria is over // Why crude oil continues to fall

By The Commodity Report

  • The Silver euphoria is over In the past two weeks, I have spoken to many people who are euphoric about silver.
  • Many charts on Fintwit also predict that now is the time to jump back on the silver bandwagon.
  • I believe that the next bubble could soon run out of steam, and this is not only true for gold.

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