2000-02-04 Strong employment data
Daily Brady Bond Trading Commentary
Friday February 4, 2000
Strong employment data sent U.S. Treasuries lower Friday, but the fallout was negligible in emerging debt and equity markets.
The positive response to Moody's announcement on Mexico continued to boost prices, as did strong industrial production figures from Brazil (up 8.8% year/year and 3.1% month/month in December). Emerging markets debt was poised for a rally after dealers had reduced positions over the past two weeks as nervousness about the FOMC meeting and jobs data was building. We continue to see room for further upside across the emerging markets debt universe.
Good news on growth and inflation has been flowing out of Latin America, particularly Brazil; sustained gains in oil prices are supportive of Russia, Mexico and Venezuela; and ratings agencies (though they are sometimes late to the party) are moving toward more positive outlooks on an increasing number of credits.
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