(CercleFinance.com) – After hovering around its equilibrium point for most of the day, the Paris stock market finally ended the session with a decline of 0.2%, to 7324 points.
Across the Atlantic, Wall Street is also hesitating between a Dow Jones at -0.2% and an S&P500 at +0.1%, while job creation in the US once again thwarts the most optimistic forecasts.
The US indices reacted negatively yesterday to statements by the President of the Fed, who reaffirmed the institution’s ‘hawkish’ attitude the day before. Jerome Powell reiterated these remarks today before the Senate Banking Committee.
The official thus confirmed that the rates will go higher than expected at the beginning of the year before being maintained at a high level for a fairly long period in order to counter inflation.
According to the CME’s FedWatch Barometer, bets on a 50 basis point hike are now in the clear majority, winning 73.5% of the vote compared to 31.4% before Powell’s speech.
The latest economic indicators have in fact revealed a greater than expected persistence of inflationary pressures, but also a robust labor market, with an unemployment rate at its lowest since 1969, and good resilience of household consumption.
In this regard, the private sector in the United States created more jobs (20% more) than expected in February, according to the monthly survey by the ADP firm.
ADP lists 242,000 job creations last month while economists polled by Reuters predicted an average of 200,000.
The firm also revised upwards its January estimates, which now show 119,000 jobs created, against 106,000 initially.
Thomas Barkin, member of the FED and president of the antenna of Richmond declared – even before the ADP survey was published – that ‘the labor market in the United States is proving to be incredibly resilient’.
Also note the widening of the US trade deficit to -$68.3 billion in January.
In the Euro zone, the ‘CVS’ GDP for the 4th quarter (seasonally adjusted) remained stable but fell by 0.1% in the EU compared to the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
During the third quarter of 2022, GDP had increased by 0.4%, both in the euro zone and in the EU.
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 1.8% in the euro area and by 1.7% in the EU in the fourth quarter of 2022, after +2.4% in the euro zone and +2.6% in the EU in the third quarter of 2022.
Production of goods made in Germany rose 3.5% seasonally adjusted, after falling 2.4% (revised from -3.1% in preliminary data) in December, figures show. from the Federal Statistical Office.
On the interest rate side, sovereign bond yields eased a little after the sharp jolts known at the start of the week: our OATs erased -7.3Pts to 3.1200%, the Bunds -7Pts to 2.625% (but the ‘1 year ‘ displays 3.367% and the ‘2 years’ peaks at 3.35%), Italian BTPs -12Pts at 4.417%.
The yield of ten-year Treasuries eased by -5Pts around 3.925%, while the ‘2-year’ remains unchanged at 5.01% and the ‘6-month’ peaks at 5.27% (while the ’30-year’ is at 3.853%): we are seeing the most radical yield curve inversion in 40 years.
On the stock side, Thales announced adjusted net income, Group share up +14% to €1,556 million compared to 2021. Consolidated net income, Group share amounted to €1,121 million, up by +3% compared to 2021.
Casino announces that it has initiated the study of a new project to sell part of its stake in Assaí for an amount of approximately 600 million dollars which could, if necessary, be increased depending on market conditions.
Net income, Eurazeo share (+4.8%) stands at €595 million in 2022 compared to €1,525 million in 2021. Management confirms the trajectory of doubling its assets under management, which could reach €60 billion in 5 years, as well as an increase in the FRE margin in the medium term to 35-40%.
Euroapi’s disappointing results earned it a -22% plunge and a retracement of its IPO price a year ago, towards 12.42E.
Finally, Stellantis announces that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the ‘Industrial Development Corporation’ (IDC) and the ‘Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’ (the DTIC) of South Africa to develop a production unit in the country.
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