-- コメルツ銀行は木曜のレポート「ヨーロピアン・サンライズ」で以下の点を強調した。 市場:米国債はニューヨーク市場で軟調に推移し、アジア市場でもさらに下落。ドイツ国債先物もアジア市場で米国債の下落に追随。S&P500指数は一時過去最高値を更新したが、アジア株の下落に伴いEミニ先物は急激に反落。ユーロは1.17ドルを下回る。ブレント原油は1バレル103ドルを上回る。 米国:ホワイトハウスの経済顧問ケビン・ハセット氏は、インフレ率は「コアレベルで非常に低下している」と述べ、インフレ率の低下は連邦準備制度理事会(FRB)の金利正常化を後押しするだろうと示唆した。ハセット氏は、バランスシート縮小と並行して利下げも視野に入れている。上院がケビン・ウォーシュ氏をFRB新議長に承認すると確信しており、承認後、現議長のジェローム・パウエル氏が「次の段階に進む」ことを期待している。 イラン戦争:ホワイトハウスのカロライン・リービット報道官は、3~5日間の停戦という見通しは「事実ではない」と述べ、ドナルド・トランプ大統領はイランとの和平提案について明確な期限を設定していないとし、封鎖は依然として有効であるとした。また、欧州諸国は対話の申し出をしているものの、封鎖への参加については具体的な行動は示していないと述べた。 イラン戦争:イランはホルムズ海峡とその周辺に20個以上の機雷を敷設した可能性があり、除去作業には最大6ヶ月かかる可能性がある(ホワイトハウス)。 イラン戦争:イランのマソウド・ペゼシュキアン大統領は、封鎖と脅迫が主な障害となっているとしながらも、対話は引き続き歓迎すると述べた。 ==欧州: フィンランド:政府は2027年から2030年までの予算枠組みに合意し、2030年までに5億2000万ユーロの歳出削減を盛り込んだ。 ==アジア: 日本:製造業PMIは3.3ポイント上昇し、54.9となった。
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