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Investors cut cash holdings as market focus shifts to inflation

April 21, 2023By Reuters
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LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – Investors cut their cash holdings for the first time in eight weeks in the week to Wednesday, while shedding equities and gold, according to a report from BofA Global Research on Friday.

Market focus has shifted to inflation and the outlook for monetary tightening in recent weeks as fears around banking stocks receded and a market measure of volatility fell to its lowest level since November 2021.

Cash funds saw outflows of USD 65.3 billion, BofA said, citing EPFR data. Bond funds recorded inflows of USD 4.6 billion, while investors sold USD 2.6 billion of global stocks and pulled USD 70 million out of gold funds.

Last week data showed US consumer prices rising in March, while data this week showed signs of the labor market cooling.

“Core inflation in big economies remains stubbornly high,” the BofA analysts said, adding that inflation is being aided by structurally low unemployment rates.

Almost all central banks are on hold or close to the end of the rate hike cycle, thus “locking in” high inflation, they said, “as is (the) trajectory of government spending, deficits and debt”.

Emerging market debt funds saw their first weekly inflow in 10 weeks, of USD 600 million. Investors put USD 2.3 billion into emerging markets equities, the biggest inflow in four weeks.

BofA said its bull and bear indicator – a measure of market sentiment that runs from 1 to 10, with a higher reading more bullish – jumped from 2.3 to 2.8 on “stronger bond inflows, EM stock inflows, (and) improving credit technicals”.

(Reporting by Lucy Raitano; Editing by Amanda Cooper and Jan Harvey)

 

This article originally appeared on reuters.com

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