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10Y Yield Keeps Testing New Lows Despite Little Improvement in Economic Data

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  • In the past two months, we have seen that China 10Y yield has been testing new lows despite some improvements in economic data.
  • The chart below shows that China economic surprises index has co-moved strongly with the 10Y yield in recent years; periods of weakening economic data have been associated with lower LT bonds yields and vice versa.
  • China 10Y yield has been constantly reaching lower highs in the past year and broke below its key support at 2.80% in the end of December before trading back above that level in the past two days.
  • Interestingly, the market does not seem to be ‘convinced’ by the recent easing measures announced by China officials, and therefore the elevated uncertainty continues to push preference for ‘risk-off’ assets such as government bonds.
  • Next support to watch on the 10Y yield stands at 2.7135% (June 2020 low).

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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