Global Markets Podcasts

In today’s episode, MUFG Chief Japan Strategist Takahiro Sekido summarizes the outcome of the Lower House elections. He then discusses the Bank of Japan’s October meeting and Japanese life insurance companies’ second half asset management strategies. He also shares his views on spot Dollar/Yen, Yen rate, and Yen basis.

In today’s episode, MUFG Chief Japan Strategist Takahiro Sekido previews the October BoJ monetary policy meeting and general elections in addition to reviewing the August USTIC and September JSDA flow data. He also shares his views on the Dollar/Yen, Yen rates, and Yen basis.

In today’s episode, Hailey Orr, MUFG Capital Markets Strategist, and Tobi Petrocelli, MUFG Head of Environmental and Sustainability Management, discuss recent ESG developments and expectations for mandatory disclosure standards in the U.S. and implications for U.S. companies and their banking partners.

In today’s episode, Head of U.S. Macro Strategy George Goncalves reviews his latest piece from the Global Markets Monthly as well as discusses the latest developments on the yield curve and short-term interest rate markets.

In today’s episode, MUFG Chief Japan Strategist Takahiro Sekido discusses September and October securities investing flows in the wake of the Lower House dissolution and ahead of the general elections. He also shares his views on the Dollar/Yen, Yen rates, and Yen basis.

In this episode, Glenn Schultz, MUFG Head of Agency Mortgage Prepayment Modeling and Strategy, discusses pending and existing home sales and how this gives us a glimpse into prepayment speeds. He also goes over what is driving the turnover rate higher than model assumptions.

In today’s episode, MUFG Head of U.S. Macro Strategy George Goncalves gives us a brief update on the various factors that have been driving up rates over the last 2 weeks and how the narrative on inflation, episodic or not, is now also leading to some twisting of the yield curves, too.

In today’s episode, MUFG Chief Japan Strategist Takahiro Sekido discusses the LDP leadership election, fiscal and monetary policy triggers, the September Tankan survey, and cross-border flows. He also shares his views on the Dollar/Yen, Yen rates, and Yen basis.

In today’s episode, Tom Joyce, MUFG Head of Capital Markets Strategy, discusses his latest views on the economic / markets / and policy outlook and expectations into year-end 2021 and beyond.

Although the situation remains very fluid, it looks like the markets are starting to get concerned over the U.S. Debt Ceiling again. In today’s episode, MUFG Head of U.S. Macro Strategy George Goncalves is joined by Anthony Tarabocchia, Head of the Repo Desk for MUFG to discuss market implications of a drawn out debt ceiling extension and potential scenarios.