sydney maki

rates & currencies team leader and editor at @Business in NYC. ceramicist, quilter & the mind behind @ManateeEveryDay. she/her. opiniones son mías.

[sydney maki @symmaki]

Some (belated) professional news! I started last week as team leader for the US Rates/FX crew @business. I'm very excited to get to work with the talented reporters, strategists and editors who cover the all-important US Treasury and G-10 currency markets.

[sydney maki @symmaki]

It’s been a no-brainer for more than a year: Park money in super-safe #Treasury bills, earn yields of more than 5%, repeat. Or as #billionaire bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach put it, “T-bill and chill.” @michaellachlan @xieyebloomberg @markets

https://t.co/bsP38mGpWP

[Tracy Alloway @tracyalloway]

guys will be like “sorry i have a lot on my plate right now” but it is literally just borrowing yen at cheap interest rates and buying higher yielding assets abroad

[sydney maki @symmaki]

#Bond investors reinforced their bets that Federal Reserve officials will cut interest rates by a quarter-point in September as US inflation continues to ebb.
Read more by @michaellachlan for @markets https://t.co/hLPhfSJrbh

[Crisil Coalition Greenwich @CoalitionGrnwch]

Trading volume in Treasuries amounted to over $1 trillion for each of the seven trading days through Aug. 8, a record string of such outsized levels, according to @CoalitionGrnwch. @business @symmaki https://t.co/HYCPZNtJqt

[Kevin McPartland @kmcpartland]

“Trading volume in Treasuries amounted to over $1 trillion for each of the seven trading days through Aug. 8, a record string of such outsized levels, according to ⁦@CoalitionGrnwch⁩ data.” ⁦@symmaki⁩ @business https://t.co/4xtmukloab

[sydney maki @symmaki]

Traders who in July places bets on supersized #Fed interest-rate cuts are now in line to reap huge profits after markets lurched their way. Read all about it via @markets! https://t.co/0IWspsy6IH

[sydney maki @symmaki]

A major rally in the $27 trillion #Treasury market is laying bare anxiety that the US #economy is sliding into recession and the Federal Reserve will need to start aggressively cutting interest rates.

Read more via @markets https://t.co/Pb4CSrncDW

[sydney maki @symmaki]

As the world's financial markets reopened after an attempted assassination in the US, one thing was clear: The Trump trade is gaining momentum. Read more via @business

https://t.co/Pyi9cSVRIj

[Ye Xie @xieyebloomberg]

The market's assessment of r* is materially higher than the Fed's long-term dot.
https://t.co/JNsx4Aik3X via @markets @BobEUnlimited w/t @mccormickliz

[sydney maki @symmaki]

John Williams took the helm of the NY Fed in 2018 as a highly respected macroeconomist. Today he oversees an institution that many veteran market participants worry has seen its influence wane on Wall Street.

Read all about it @business https://t.co/pcFpz1SLSv

[sydney maki @symmaki]

The #Treasury market rallied as traders grew more confident the #Fed will cut interest rates this year, emboldened by an ebb in US #inflation. Read more from @xieyebloomberg @michaellachlan @the_nazmul via @markets https://t.co/1W82x7d3nP

[sydney maki @symmaki]

The #yen jumped more than 1% against the #dollar as traders ramped up bets that the Federal Reserve will ease monetary policy this year on signs US #inflation pressures were easing. @hcarterjohnson and @AnyaAndrianovaV have the story for @markets https://t.co/1jmxhl0UPI

[sydney maki @symmaki]

A key reading of US inflation is coming up this morning -- and bond traders are positioning for a rally. Via @markets @business https://t.co/66vr9xzBIf

[sydney maki @symmaki]

For the first time on record, private investors overseas are poised to overtake foreign central banks as the second-largest holder of US government debt. Via @xieyebloomberg @mccormickliz https://t.co/7xiDd9QCLI

[sydney maki @symmaki]

It would take broad risks to the global financial system for the US to potentially coordinate efforts with Japan to shore up the yen, according to @BankofAmerica. Via @AnyaAndrianovaV for @business https://t.co/oc4lL3COZi

[sydney maki @symmaki]

#Treasuries were chastened Monday by an increase in consumer #inflation expectations as traders looked ahead to data that could alter the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy. @mccormickliz reports the latest for @business @markets. https://t.co/26fTzZAIIa

[sydney maki @symmaki]

The strength of the US dollar is threatening to turn “sinister” for emerging markets, according to Goldman Sachs. @AnyaAndrianovaV has the story for @markets @business. https://t.co/4cVYM3OwtZ

[sydney maki @symmaki]

When the Texas Panhandle went up in flames this winter, the news spread fast on Wall Street. Important story out this morning from @LivRaiReports @markchediak for @business @climate @markets https://t.co/M7achY1o7o

[sydney maki @symmaki]

Wall Street strategists looking ahead to Dec. 31 — when the current suspension of the US debt ceiling ends — just got a dose of clarity from the Justice Department. Latest from Alex Harris via @business https://t.co/nAFvSqf9Mg

[sydney maki @symmaki]

Most US Treasury yields climbed to new year-to-date highs as strong retail sales data further erode investor confidence that the Fed will start cutting interest rate cuts this year. @xieyebloomberg reports for @business https://t.co/ZYdZSG1buD