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Draghi Buys Bonds, Fed Buys Time

ECB president Draghi has succeeded in reducing the relevance of the Bundesbanks opposition to bond purchases by making bond-purchases dependent upon ESM conditionality. And by integrating the conditionality of the ESM/EFSF plan into the much-needed bond purchase program, Draghi has also firmly sent the ball back into court of national governments.

There is no 3rd LTRO, but there is a 3rd bond-purchase program, with conditionality, duration and lack of ECB seniority (ECB will stand alongside other bond buyers in creditor hierarchy).

The ECB unveils bond-buying program in secondary market called Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs), which will be conditional upon the candidate countries following the austerity program under the ESM, in conjunction with the IMF and the EU (Troika). The OMT will focus on 3-year government bonds, with no quantitative limits and will remain fully sterilized. There are no yield-caps in the program.

The launch of the OMT program shall depend on countries formally requesting aid from the existing rescue fund (EFSF/ESM). This implies that not only the ECB would suspend bond purchases of nations failing to meet the EFSF/ESM, but may also means selling those bonds.

EURUSD makes its 4th consecutive weekly gain--the longest winning streak since October 2010. The pair is testing a 12-month trendline resistance (1.2635), a beak of which brings back the June high of 1.2745. Support is rising to 1.2450, resting along the July trendline foundation. This should likely keep EURUSD cemented above the 1.24, while remaining confined between its 100-DMA and 55-DMA of 1.2595 and 1.2395 respectively.

EURUSD Weekly chart vs EURUSD Montnly Chart
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No September QE3

Todays 5-month high in August ADP of 201K supports our stance that no QE3 will take place this month. The 7-year high in prices paid component of ISM manufacturing presented the energy argument against further monetization of debt for now.

The various US national and regional business surveys have shown stabilization recently, with the services ISM continuing to avoid a double dip below 50. Services ISM hit a 3-month high of 53.7 in August while Philly Fed survey improved to -7.10 in August from Junes -16.6.

We may not see the next meaningful decline in equities until both the manufacturing and services ISMs fall below 50 and extend their fall below 45.0. We mentioned in July that the Leading Economic Indicators index would have to post a monthly decline of 0.6 to 0.7% in order for it to be accompanied with sufficient macroeconomic deterioration and escalating bearishness in equities. Such deterioration may have to wait until Q4, which is a fitting time for markets to demand additional QE from the Fed.

The Fed may have to act at its October meeting, when pre-election market volatility is expected to escalate, especially in the event of a close race presenting the argument that uncertainty equals volatility.

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