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50bp hikes being priced back into the SONIA curve

STIR FUTURES
  • There has been a generally positive mood to markets this morning helped by positive developments surrounding the COVID situation in Shangai (and more generally in China) as well as in Hong Kong. This has seen the Euribor and Eurodollar strips move down generally in the 3-5 tick range.
  • The SONIA strip has seen larger moves following the better than expected UK labour market report. Whites, Reds and Greens are down generally 7.5-8.0 ticks. Markets now price in 31bp for June (3bp above Friday's close), 67bp by August (10bp above Friday's close), 88bp by September (up 10bp from Friday), 108bp by November (up 12bp from Friday) and 120bp by year-end (from 10bp from Friday). We still think that 50bp hikes look very unlikely, so think the market is looking overextended again.
  • For the Fed, markets price a similar level to yesterday: 54bp for June, 102bp by July, 140bp by September and 191bp by year-end.
  • Markets now price in around 23bp (cumulatively) for a July ECB hike, up from 21bp on Friday, 55bp is priced by September and 95bp is priced by year-end. This is all within a basis point of yesterday's pricing.

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