
11月13日,美國10年期公債殖利率收在5.15%,11月5日還是4.84%(美國財政部每日殖利率)。同一段時間,10年期抗通膨公債的實質殖利率從2.60%升到2.91%(美國財政部實質殖利率)。11月11日,美元指數當天漲約0.7%、逼近102.90,現貨黃金跌破4,000美元、約3,983美元(Kitco 11月11日報導)。幾組數字指向同一件事:市場對12月的Fed,換了一個說法。
敘事怎麼換的
廣告業有個老規矩:產品沒變,文案一改,貨架上的位置就變了。市場也一樣。美國10月CPI月增0.4%,核心CPI月增0.3%(美國勞工統計局10月CPI);Kitco 11月11日報導指出,兩者都高於市場原本的預估。10月非農就業增加16.5萬人(FRED PAYEMS),平均時薪月增約0.4%(FRED 平均時薪)。同一篇報導引述的市場定價,12月8、9日會議升息1碼(0.25個百分點)的機率約87%,升息2碼約13%。市場對升息的預期明顯升溫,但這是11月11日當時的定價,不是結論。
劇本一換,其他資產就得重新對台詞。聯邦基金利率目標區間上限是4.00%(FRED,11月13日),10年債卻在5.15%。黃金不付利息,實質殖利率從2.60%升到2.91%,持有黃金的機會成本跟著變高,金價走弱與這個方向一致。
日圓與歐元:兩種不同的難堪
以歐洲央行參考匯率換算,美元兌日圓從11月5日約158.5升到11月13日約160.0(ECB 歐元兌美元、ECB 歐元兌日圓)。160是很多人盯著的整數關卡,價格已經先走到那裡。
歐元的處境更尷尬。同一份參考匯率,歐元兌美元從1.1224退到1.1052。好比兩家廣告同時上檔,預算大的那家把版面佔滿,另一家文案寫得再好也沒人看見。
超買不等於反轉
美元短線漲得快,技術面出現超買的說法並不意外,漲勢放緩也在情理之中。但超買描述的是速度,不是方向。殖利率走高、日圓逼近160、歐元退到1.10附近,幾件事疊在一起,利差與升息預期仍在支撐美元。放緩可以,趨勢是否反轉,還要看後面的數據。
其他貨架上的位置
幾項常用的景氣指標,各看最新公布值:10年減2年公債利差11月13日為+0.27個百分點(FRED T10Y2Y),高收益債利差11月12日為3.20%(FRED 高收益債利差),截至11月6日那週的芝加哥Fed金融狀況指數NFCI為-0.46(FRED NFCI),10月Sahm Rule指標為0.00(FRED Sahm Rule),10月失業率4.1%(FRED UNRATE)。殖利率曲線沒有倒掛、Sahm指標離0.5的觸發門檻還遠,這幾項暫時沒有替衰退說話,升息的說法也就少了一個反方。S&P 500在11月13日收7,561.67(FRED SP500),以同一份收盤資料計算,約高於200日均線3%。
台股的畫面比較吵。加權指數11月13日收43,675,11月5日到13日的收盤介於41,575和44,257之間(證交所加權指數歷史資料)。11月9日到13日五個交易日,外陸資(不含外資自營商)在台積電(2330)合計淨賣超約1,748萬股(證交所三大法人買賣超日報)。又一個被利率故事順手牽動的版面。
真正的考題在12月8、9日的Fed會議。市場已經把升息押得很滿,結果若照這份劇本走,衝擊可能比數據公布那幾天溫和;若不一致,這一週的定價就得重寫。
— 胡凱翊
One Story Just Repriced the Dollar, Gold and Euro
On November 13, the 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.15%, up from 4.84% on November 5 (US Treasury daily par yields). Over the same stretch the 10-year TIPS real yield rose from 2.60% to 2.91% (US Treasury real yields). On November 11 the dollar index rose about 0.7% toward 102.90 and spot gold slipped below $4,000 to around $3,983 (Kitco, November 11). The numbers point to one story: the market changed how it describes the Fed’s December meeting.
How the narrative got swapped
Advertising has an old rule: the product stays the same, but change the copy and its shelf position changes. Markets work the same way. US October CPI rose 0.4% month on month and core CPI 0.3% (BLS October CPI); Kitco reported on November 11 that both came in above forecasts. Payrolls added 165,000 jobs in October (FRED PAYEMS) and average hourly earnings rose about 0.4% (FRED average hourly earnings). The same report cited market pricing of roughly an 87% chance of a 25-basis-point hike at the December 8-9 meeting and about 13% for 50 basis points. Expectations for a hike clearly rose, but that was the pricing on November 11, not a settled outcome.
Once the script changes, every other asset has to relearn its lines. The upper bound of the fed funds target range is 4.00% (FRED, November 13), while the 10-year yield is at 5.15%. Gold pays no interest, and with the real yield up from 2.60% to 2.91%, the opportunity cost of holding it went up too. Weaker gold is consistent with that direction.
Yen and euro: two different embarrassments
Converted from European Central Bank reference rates, USD/JPY rose from about 158.5 on November 5 to about 160.0 on November 13 (ECB EUR/USD, ECB EUR/JPY). 160 is a round number many traders watch, and price has already reached it.
The euro’s position is more awkward. On the same reference rates, EUR/USD slid from 1.1224 to 1.1052. It is like two campaigns booked into the same slot: the one with the bigger budget fills the page, and the other can write brilliant copy that nobody sees.
Overbought is not a reversal
The dollar has moved fast, so talk of overbought conditions is not surprising, and a short-term pause would make sense. But overbought describes speed, not direction. Higher yields, a yen near 160 and a euro back near 1.10 together say rate differentials and hike expectations are still supporting the dollar. A slowdown is plausible. Whether the trend turns depends on the data still to come.
Other shelves, same story
A few common cycle indicators, each at its latest reading: the 10Y-2Y Treasury spread was +0.27 percentage points on November 13 (FRED T10Y2Y), the high-yield spread was 3.20% on November 12 (FRED high-yield spread), the Chicago Fed NFCI was -0.46 for the week ending November 6 (FRED NFCI), the Sahm Rule indicator was 0.00 for October (FRED Sahm Rule), and October unemployment was 4.1% (FRED UNRATE). The curve is not inverted and the Sahm indicator is far from its 0.5 trigger, so none of these is currently making the case for recession, which leaves the hike story with one less counter-argument. The S&P 500 closed at 7,561.67 on November 13 (FRED SP500), about 3% above its 200-day average as computed from the same FRED closing data.
Taiwan’s screen is noisier. The TAIEX closed at 43,675 on November 13, with closes between 41,575 and 44,257 from November 5 to 13 (TWSE TAIEX history). Over the five sessions from November 9 to 13, foreign investors (excluding foreign dealers) net sold about 17.5 million shares of TSMC (2330) (TWSE institutional trading), another page pulled along by the rate story.
The real test is the Fed’s December 8-9 meeting. The market has already priced a hike heavily; if the outcome follows that script, the reaction may be milder than in the days the data came out. If it does not, this week’s pricing gets rewritten.
— 胡凱翊
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