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5Y Inflation Expectations Cool To Pre-Jul FOMC Levels

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  • The CPI miss has seen the 5Y breakeven is down -8bps today at 2.62% (helped by oil also falling -2.5%), levels last seen prior to the Jul 27 FOMC and taking a sizeable step nearer recent lows of 2.5%.
  • Separate longer-term measures of 5Y5Y inflation swaps meanwhile have nudged higher to 2.56%, still close to the recent average but some 15bps off recent lows that had been more consistent with the Fed’s 2% PCE target.
  • The combination sees the spread narrow to -5bps (5Y5Y swap -5YB/E), implying moderately less medium-term inflation overshoot from perceptions of long-term inflation but still far below the circa +50bp gap pre-pandemic.

5Y5Y inflation swap (yellow), 5Y breakeven (white) and spread (green)Source: Bloomberg

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