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5Y Inflation Breakevens Drift Higher Again

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  • The sizeable bear flattening in US Tsys has been driven by double digit real yield increases at the front end as the Fed rate path is re-assessed higher, whilst inflation breakevens have also fallen with oil.
  • Focusing instead on the belly where these price movements have less impact, the 5bp increase in the 5Y nominal yield comes with equal contributions from real yields and breakevens alike.
  • Whilst only small, the rise in the breakeven is notable after the entirety of yesterday’s sharp sell-off had been carried by real yields.
  • It leaves the 5Y breakeven at 2.75%, still relatively low for the post-Ukraine war period but off early July lows of 2.5%.

UST 5Y nominal yield (white), breakeven (yellow) and real yield (green)Source: Bloomberg

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