[MARKET ANALYSIS] Fixed continues to climb as markets reprice, BoE ahead
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A bullish session for fixed income, as the energy pull back and the AI/tech sell off lead to a reassessment of inflation and growth views for the near term, and by extension are causing market pricing for interest rates to pare. This is perhaps most evident in the UK, with Gilts higher by some 66 ticks at best, hitting 87.35 with the 10yr yield now at its lowest since early-September and just under 5.1%, vs a 5.53% recent peak. Action that is slightly less pronounced at the short-end, given the long-end has also benefited from the DMO pivoting further away from that area of the curve and the general global shift on that as well; for example, the 20yr yield is at its lowest since early-July, and some 50bps off the 6% October peak. For the UK, today’s main event is the BoE. The first hike of the Middle East cycle is expected, though likely subject to 7-2 dissent but with 6-3 a possibility and Breeden the one to watch for that. Further, while tightening today, the hike may have a dovish feel vs market pricing now of c. 75bps of tightening, against the recent +100bps peak, given the WTD energy moves and the pushback Governor Bailey has previously given to pricing, and as even the hawks (e.g. Pill) have described it as excessive. Elsewhere, USTs are bid by a handful of ticks, but off the 107-07 overnight peak. Focus for the US is on today’s data, Friday’s payrolls and then developments around/during the weekend in the Middle East. Updates on that a little light in recent trade, as the midterms continue to be digested; but, pressure around War Secretary Hegseth remains. Bunds also bid, with the themes very much the same. No move to ECB’s Schnabel this morning, with her speech looking back on her time at the ECB, as December is her final meeting. Currently, above 123.00 with gains of 30 ticks, but around 10 off the session high. Supply features, and the French outing is in focus as an appetite test after the recent sovereign adjustments, and into a weekend of more planned domestic protests. Currently, the OAT-Bund 10yr yield spread is around 148bps, and a touch narrower on the session.
The report described broad bond gains and lower rate-tightening pricing, with the BoE decision pending and U.S. data, Middle East developments and French supply in focus.
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A bullish session for fixed income, as the energy pull back and the AI/tech sell off lead to a reassessment of inflation and growth views for the near term, and by extension are causing market pricing for interest rates to pare. This is perhaps most evident in the UK, with Gilts higher by some 66 ticks at best, hitting 87.35 with the 10yr yield now at its lowest since early-September and just under 5.1%, vs a 5.53% recent peak. Action that is slightly less pronounced at the short-end, given the long-end has also benefited from the DMO pivoting further away from that area of the curve and the general global shift on that as well; for example, the 20yr yield is at its lowest since early-July, and some 50bps off the 6% October peak. For the UK, today’s main event is the BoE. The first hike of the Middle East cycle is expected, though likely subject to 7-2 dissent but with 6-3 a possibility and Breeden the one to watch for that. Further, while tightening today, the hike may have a dovish feel vs market pricing now of c. 75bps of tightening, against the recent +100bps peak, given the WTD energy moves and the pushback Governor Bailey has previously given to pricing, and as even the hawks (e.g. Pill) have described it as excessive. Elsewhere, USTs are bid by a handful of ticks, but off the 107-07 overnight peak. Focus for the US is on today’s data, Friday’s payrolls and then developments around/during the weekend in the Middle East. Updates on that a little light in recent trade, as the midterms continue to be digested; but, pressure around War Secretary Hegseth remains. Bunds also bid, with the themes very much the same. No move to ECB’s Schnabel this morning, with her speech looking back on her time at the ECB, as December is her final meeting. Currently, above 123.00 with gains of 30 ticks, but around 10 off the session high. Supply features, and the French outing is in focus as an appetite test after the recent sovereign adjustments, and into a weekend of more planned domestic protests. Currently, the OAT-Bund 10yr yield spread is around 148bps, and a touch narrower on the session.
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