MARKET MOVER - BNP PARIBAS - Investment Services India
MARKET MOVER - BNP PARIBAS - Investment Services India
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FMCI Update<br />
• Financial and monetary conditions<br />
tightened in most of the major advanced<br />
economies during July.<br />
• The slower pace of increase in equities (in<br />
% y/y terms) was one of the main drivers of the<br />
tightening of conditions over the month.<br />
• Among the major advanced economies, the<br />
US FMCI points to the loosest financial and<br />
monetary conditions and the Swedish FMCI, the<br />
tightest.<br />
• Meanwhile, in Asia, conditions loosened<br />
significantly in China. In <strong>India</strong>, conditions<br />
loosened slightly and in South Korea they<br />
remained broadly stable.<br />
Table 1: FMCI (Standard Deviations From Avg)<br />
Low<br />
Jul Jun May Apr Mar Since<br />
1990<br />
US -2.5 -2.5 -2.4 -2.0 -1.7 -2.5<br />
Eurozone 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -2.3<br />
Japan -0.7 -1.0 -1.1 -1.1 -0.4 -2.2<br />
UK -1.2 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 -1.4 -3.3<br />
Sweden 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.3 -2.5<br />
China - -1.2 -0.5 -0.6 -0.8 -2.5<br />
<strong>India</strong> - 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 -2.7<br />
S. Korea - -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -1.0 -2.3<br />
Source: <strong>BNP</strong> Paribas<br />
Chart 1: US FMCI<br />
US<br />
• The US FMCI was unchanged during July,<br />
standing 2.5 standard deviations below the longterm<br />
average.<br />
• The depreciation relative to trend in the effective<br />
USD exchange rate and a narrowing in the Ted<br />
spread proxy was offset by a slower pace of<br />
increase in equities (in % y/y terms) and a<br />
narrowing in the 10-year/2-year spread.<br />
• At -2.5, the US FMCI remains at its all-time low<br />
and points to the loosest financial and monetary<br />
conditions among the G7 economies.<br />
Source: <strong>BNP</strong> Paribas<br />
SD from average<br />
Chart 2: Eurozone FMCI<br />
Eurozone<br />
• The eurozone index rose by 0.1 of a point during<br />
July, to stand in line with its long-term average.<br />
• The depreciation relative to trend in the effective<br />
EUR exchange rate was more than offset by a<br />
narrowing in the 10-year/2-year spread and a<br />
slower pace of increase in equities (in % y/y<br />
terms).<br />
• The eurozone FMCI now points to neutral<br />
financial and monetary conditions. At its current<br />
level, it is 1.4 points above its recent low in<br />
March 2010.<br />
Source: <strong>BNP</strong> Paribas<br />
SD from average<br />
Gizem Kara/Mole Hau 4 August 2011<br />
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