Here in the lion city, we know that stocks and bonds are getting sold off. We have not seen those in a while. We are seeing a lot of red. If you think about how we got that harder than expected u. S. Ppi hotter than every economist projections, it is raising concerns of a hawkish tilt from the fed. As we wait for the u. S. Central bank to connect those dots, we are already getting the Chinese Central Bank keeping rates unchanged on the one year, as expected, but this is appointing some corners of the markets that were holding out hopes of a reduction. Csi 100, hans singh dragged by tech names. You can also see in australia, the financial, the miningrelated stocks are the big losers today as we see iron ore approaching the 100 a ton level. On the japanese yen and chinese currency, we are seeing the dollar story play out, and the yen is in a tugofwar between the boj and fed, and the tiebreaker could come in the form of durango today. We saw the pboc coming through with a strongerthanexpe
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Happy Friday! New-age firms planning to go public are moving cautiously as stock market volatility remains a concern after the 2024 general election results. This and more in todays ETtech Morning Dispatch.