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Wall Street macro traders head for worst year since the pandemic

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Bloomberg • 2 min read
Wall Street macro traders head for worst year since the pandemic
Investor confidence in making big macro calls dwindled this year as economic data surprises whiplashed bets on interest rate cuts from the world’s major central banks. Photo: Bloomberg
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The world’s banks are on track to report the lowest revenue from foreign exchange and rates trading since the pandemic, hit by tighter margins and a challenging macroeconomic backdrop. 

Over 250 firms including Goldman Sachs Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are forecast to make a total of US$32 billion ($42.88 billion) from trading of G10 rates and US$16.7 billion from currencies, according to data collected by Coalition Greenwich. That’s about 17% and 9% less than last year, respectively.

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