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All Eyes on the Fed UBS House View - Daily US 8 July 2019, 11:38AM UTC Chief Investment Office GWM Investment Research All eyes on the Fed UBS House View - Daily US Mark Haefele, Global Chief Investment Officer GWM, UBS AG; Vincent Heaney, Strategist, UBS AG; Christopher Swann, Strategist, UBS Switzerland AG Thought of the Day Market update President Donald Trump continues to criticize the Federal Reserve, saying this Stoxx Europe 600 -0.1%, European stocks weekend that if the central bank “knew what it was doing” it would cut subdued after US jobs data weigh on rate rates. cut hopes. US 2-year yields -1bps, Treasury yields But, despite the president’s wishes, the decision on whether to reduce rates holding onto most of Friday's sharp gains. at this month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting remains finely Brent crude +0.2%, crude prices edging balanced: higher on Iran tensions. • Ahead of this week’s semi-annual testimony to Congress by Fed Chair Ahead of the open Jerome Powell, the Fed has published its Monetary Policy Report (MPR), S&P 500 futures pointed to a lower start to which sheds light on the central bank’s reaction function. The report the week, with the index expected to open attributes only a small proportion of the slowdown in global growth and 0.2% lower on Monday. The strong US labor trade volumes to the direct impact of tariffs, highlighting instead the market report on Friday has given investors impact of uncertainty over trade policy on manufacturing, trade, and pause for thought on the likelihood of Fed investment. According to the Fed, this year’s decline in Treasury yields, action at this month's FOMC meeting. “largely reflects investors’ concerns about trade tensions and the global What to watch: 9 July 2019 economic outlook.” This focus on uncertainty supports our view that the Fed will lower rates pre-emptively to stave off the risk of a growth • US JOLTs job openings for May slowdown. • Fed speakers: Raphael Bostic • Friday’s non-farm payroll report showed that US jobs growth rebounded to 224k in June from May’s surprisingly weak figure (revised to 72k). Annual growth in average hourly earnings remained moderate at 3.1%. The strong data prompted a sell-off in Treasuries as markets scaled back expectations for Fed action, with US two-year yields rising 10 basis points (bps) on Friday, the largest one-day gain in six months. The strong rebound in jobs raises the bar for a Fed rate cut at the end of the month. • US inflation data for June is also due this week. Consensus expectations are for the core annual rate to remain at 2%. Inflation expectations have been falling in recent months. While Friday’s strong labor market data sparked a rebound, 10-year US inflation breakevens remain at 1.69%, comfortably below the Fed’s 2% inflation target, which gives the central bank scope to lower rates. With two days of testimony from Powell, the release of the minutes from the June FOMC meeting and several other Fed officials speaking, this week will provide plenty of input on the Fed’s thinking. While by no means a done deal, our base is still that the Fed will cut rates pre-emptively in July. However, even after Friday’s reaction to the strong jobs data, markets are pricing close This report has been prepared by UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG. Please see important disclaimers and disclosures at the end of the document. 01 to 100bps of rate reductions by the end of next year. We think markets have gone too far in pricing lower rates, and prefer stocks and cash over shorter- maturity US government bonds. Caught our attention Greek election boosts bonds Yields on the 10-year Greek bond fell to levels that almost matched US Treasuries, after voters returned the center-right New Democracy party to power. That ended the tenure of the left-leaning Syriza Party headed by Alexis Tsipras. The New Democracy party has promised tax cuts financed by spending cuts, which has the potential to support growth. The economy has come a long way since the last election in 2015, a year in which Greece became the first developed country to fail to make an IMF loan repayment on time. Since then, unemployment has fallen from 28% to 18%, economic growth has rebounded, and exports have risen. Greek government bonds have performed well this year. We think the political outlook as well as the government's large cash buffer should remain supportive. However, Greek bonds continue to be sensitive to global economic uncertainty, the outlook for monetary policy, and broader European political risks. Trade worries hit Japanese orders. May machinery orders still show the effects of global trade tensions, falling 3.7% year-on-year. While this is a bumpy series, even the core measure – which strips out volatile shipping and utility components – slumped by 7.8% month-on-month, the largest fall since September last year. This is in line with our view that worries over the US–China trade dispute have caused firms to delay investment. We will be looking for signs of recovery following last month's G20 meeting and the agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi to return to negotiations. We are overweight Japanese stocks versus US government bonds. Japanese shares have lagged other major markets this year and stand to benefit if global trade tensions continue to ease. Iran announces new breach of nuclear deal limits. Iran announced on Sunday that it would breach the limits on uranium enrichment set by its landmark 2015 nuclear deal with the US and other world powers. Though the enrichment level required for weapons-grade material is far higher, Iran's recent moves and threats of further violations raise the prospect of a race toward that goal. Amid increased tensions over Iran, Brent crude oil inched higher after coming off in recent weeks. We expect further disruption in Iran and Venezuela as well as ongoing high compliance to the OPEC+ production cut deal to trigger further oil inventory draws in the coming weeks, pushing Brent prices above USD 70/bbl over the next three months. 02 Appendix UBS Chief Investment Office's ("CIO") investment views are prepared and published by the Global Wealth Management business of UBS Switzerland AG (regulated by FINMA in Switzerland) or its affiliates ("UBS"). 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